A Detroit Thanksgiving
Whaddup y’all… just wanted to drop a quick note from Motown…
Well, we left this morning around 8:45am and didn’t have any problem getting to the airport on time. We almost missed our flight because of a lil’ mishap with Ryan (won’t get into that, don’t wanna embarass him); but we still made it on time. Leila did very good for her first flight; she didn’t cry at all and spent the entire time just looking around. We got to Detroit without any delays, which we were very glad about considering our last trip to Detroit last year (both flights to & from were delayed).
Anyway, we got to Detroit and it was a brisk 17 degrees outside (I was loving it!). Robin’s parents picked us up from the airport and we got to the house to get settled before the family came over to have Thanksgiving dinner and to just fellowship with one another. It’s about 9:40pm and things are starting to wind down. Ryan is downstairs playing with his cousins and Leila is wired giggling for all of the family.
Robin is running around and she’s having a good time just being back home. Tomorrow should be an interesting day for her, so I’m going to keep her in my prayers tonight.
What about me? I’m doing well. The trip didn’t bother me much and I feel good about everything. Right now I’m a little tired after such a long day, so I’m probably going to just take it easy for the rest of the night and start afresh tomorrow.
I’m also hoping that my parents had a good Thanksgiving together considering that it’s the first time that my mom hasn’t had to fix a dinner. I hope they were able to spend some quality time together without doing any work. My brother is in Charlotte with his girlfriend, and he’s having a good time. He gave me a call to wish me a happy Thanksgiving (and to have me try to find an Xbox 360 for him LOL).
Interesting sidenote… When I turned my phone back on after getting off the flight, I had a voicemail. When I checked it, it was a message from my friend from high school & college, Lauren Price. She was just wishing me & the family a happy Thanksgiving. Wasn’t expecting it at all, so interesting nonetheless.
On another sidenote, when I began to eat my dinner tonight, I really lost my appetite as I started to think about all of those who were affected by all of the hurricanes this season and are left homeless and are still trying to put their lives together and were unable to have a Thanksgiving dinner. My heart also goes out to those all around the world who aren’t as blessed and fortunate as I am this holiday season. I’m really starting to shed tears as I write this because it’s such a hard thing to be so blessed, but still not have the resources to bless others so that they can have something to be thankful for. This holiday season, I truly count my blessings and will continue to carry the burden of those that aren’t able to enjoy these moments like I’m able to. They are in my prayers constantly and will always remain there.
On that note, this upcoming Christmas season, do something extra special for those less fortunate in your community. Extend the blessings that God has given you so that you can bless others. Remember, Jesus said that the things that we do to the least of these (the underpriviledged in our community), we are also doing it unto God…
