Q. Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? (Author: Gretchen Rubin)
A. This year, We made our very first turkey. It may have been a long time in coming but it was completely worth it. For the first time ever I planned and executed our very first annual "Family of Friends" Christmas dinner. It was one of those things that you mean to do for years and years, and somehow it never happens.
Well this year, I made it happen.
It was also one of those things that turn out to be way more work than you anticipated. From the planning to the table decorations to cooking the turkey -- it was a lot of work! But it was glorious, and lovely to have everyone around the same table enjoying a great meal and the company of one another. As always, not nearly enough pictures were taken, and time seemed to fly by a little too fast (somehow, hours just flew by between the cutting of the carrots, boiling of the potatoes, and serving dessert).
I was so proud of all of us, really. This year had been such a roller coaster year for all of us and it meant so much to have everyone together again, after we had grown distant throughout the year. It seems the older we get, the more we go off in our own directions and our own lives... and we begin to shift away from one another. It takes more and more effort to keep the same friendships and bonds that seemed so easy to maintain when we were younger. Keeping friends, like relationships and marriage really is hard work - and I think it takes growing up and getting jobs and careers to actually learn that lesson.
It also tends to make you a little more appreciative of the friends that you have now.
I'm already looking forward to next year's get together, to recap 2011 with each other.
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