thankful all year long

The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving was incredible this year, despite our family gathering being postponed to the weekend in order to include many important members (my dad and sister). This left us Thanksgiving day itself to visit Jonathan's family, and for the first time ever we enjoyed a holiday united as one. My mom and cousin Billy rode in with us, Dad and Wanda came over later in the evening for dinner, and Amy and Deacon stopped by as well. It really meant a lot to us to have all of our family in one place on a holiday. We love you all so very much. I couldn't thank Mike and Penny enough for having us all.

I have been just awful at keeping up with the social media world as of late, time and energy being devoted instead to real life relationships and activities. This is all well and good, but I do miss sharing. And speaking of sharing- I feel that I have failed to share anything truly personal and meaningful in quite some time. I want this to be a place that displays my life, creativity, and struggles, but also my beliefs and views now and then, when it's appropriate. This is especially true in the area of farming and eating, with us paying such true attention to our diets now a days, and enjoying the knowledge of eating local food (meats in particular). That is for another time, but I do plan to get on it soon!

Until next time,

Angela Kelly

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