Thanksgiving this year was a good one. Cooking went smoothly and everything was delicious. The only person missing was Josh (who will be here for Christmas!!!) Cookie and Tommy came, and Becky (Ed's oldest sister) Barry and Hillary from Baton Rouge. We all love Hillary. She is the highlight of our day when she's around. Hillary is twenty-four and has Downs Syndrome. Hillary is witty, smart and fun. She works at a neighborhood McDonald's in Baton Rouge four hours a day. The regulars there depend on her and leave her tips! She's quite proud of that. She saves part of her money and buys CD's and gets manicures and pedicures with the rest of it. Hillary loves structure and has copied The Secret Garden three times!! Her handwriting is BEAUTIFUL!! She delights in showing us what's in her purse. This time she brought UNO cards. After lunch and getting the kitchen all cleaned up several of us sat down with her to play a game of cards. What fun we had.
Although this picture is not really a good one, it reminds me of how it used to be at my greatgrandmother's house when I was very young. We would sit in straight-back chairs in front of the fireplace and talk for hours (at least the grown-ups would). My grandfather would smoke his pipe and poke at the fire. The rest of the house was cold except for this room which had the roaring fire. It kept the family close and that's the way it was on Thursday. We were all together and we liked it that way. 
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