New Traditions

I've spent the holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, away from home (Home now is NYC for me, but in this post it's Michigan) for the first time in my life. I am so blessed to be surrounded by my Communitas family, as well as my platonic friend I'll call Harry.

On Thanksgiving, we spent the morning serving at St. George's church, and then doing meals on wheels (which should really be called Meals on Heels, since no car is involved.) Then I was invited to join Pastor and his family for dinner. It was a fabulous home cooked meal with their family, along with a few other church members who stayed in NY for the holiday. After dinner we played cards and I had so much fun. I laughed so hard playing spoons. (Can you believe Briggsy had never played spoons before!!)

One of the most memorable parts of the day though is when I asked Pastor's wife if I could bring over my work pants to wash at her house. (I had worked four days in a row, am required to wear black, and only had one pair of black pants in NY. The laundromat was closed for the holiday, so what's a girl to do?) I never would have imagined a year ago that I'd be in NYC for Thanksgiving, eating dinner at my Pastor's house while doing my laundry. How strange!

Christmas, by comparison, was normal. I spent the morning having brunch with two of the women from church (I love girl time), then had dinner at my place with Harry, Briggsy and Jenn. Then off to the K's for dessert in the evening. An all around great day. (I even got a little nap in the afternoon.) And to top it off, I had calls and emails from so many friends and family, they didn't seem far away at all.

Now to plan for New Year's Eve...