We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner over at my sister Elaine's home. We had a turkey in the oven here at home because we planned on canning turkey over the weekend. We asked Elaine if we could bring home her turkey carcase and she let us, so we cooked it down that night and made a really nice broth. Friday we cooked another turkey and then Saturday, we cooked yet, our 4th turkey. And then the fun began.
Del had invited the Mains family - David, Nann, Lilly and baby Lucy over to help us do our canning, as they had shown some interest in learning how to do the whole procedure. I had precut many of the vegetables for the turkey soup we would be making, and then they helped us debone the turkey's and then stuff the jars. Of course, during all of this, we had wonderful conversation and got to know them just a little bit better.
To remind you, they are the family that lost their two year old son the 2 days before Del was called as Bishop, and his first act as Bishop was to preside over the funeral of their sweet little Lockland. So a bit of our conversation was about how they are doing at this stage, a year after, and what they can expect over the years to come. We too, celebrate the anniversary of the passing of our sweet Michel this year. I could only assure her that things get better over time - and the memories eventually become very sweet and tender. They both felt very hopeful.
But what a great experience we had with their family..
Good, good people.
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