For the last 30 years our family (and assorted friends) have come to our house for Thanksgiving. My husband, a great cook, does the turkey, stuffing, rice, gravy and they bring the rest EXCEPT the cranberry sauce and the mashed potatoes. I MAKE THOSE THINGS- and have made them every one of the thirty years we have hosted Thanksgiving. . Of course, I am also getting the table ready, house ready, flowers ready! ETC. Now- you might say what is the big deal- it is only cranberry sauce. That is true but I always make at least three kinds of cranberry sauce and always have LOTS left over -killing lots of little cranberries in the process. It is a messy job (puree of cranberry anyone?) But no one makes it the way I do! (Have you had thoughts like this?)

So this year I said to myself- does it really matter if I make the cranberry sauce? When one of our relatives said “what else can I bring,” I said “How about cranberry sauce?” She is a great cook and although she said she had never made it, she would be happy to do so! I did mutter that I might make puree of cranberry- just to hedge my bets- I was thinking-will it really be Thanksgiving without MY puree cranberry sauce ?

Actually, I think SO.

DOES IT REALLY MATTER?? This year I am going to say, Does it really matter all Thanksgiving Day- what matters is that we are together, and healthy and blessed. For all those things I am truly thankful- does anything else really matter?