When
I was a kid we would alternate where we ate Thanksgiving dinner -- one year we would go next door to my Myers
grandparent’s house and the next we went to my Ward grandparent’s house. It
was always an exciting time that began by watching our relatives arrive.
Over
at the Myers Thanksgiving were my grandparents J.H. & Bertie and we would wait
for everyone to arrive -- C.D. Rosie &
their family; Eunice & Betty Ann; Ralph, Jackie & Sharon; Ruby &
Burl and their family, Pauline & Ezra, and Rudolph & his family.
At
the Ward Thanksgiving were my grandparents Jack & Edna and we would wait
for Woodson & his family; Lloyd
George and his family; and Sidney & his family.
At
both places people would show up that were friends of my grandparents, uncles
& aunts – people I didn’t know and wish I could remember who they were. But
it was clear that our family had a lot of friends.
Today,
as you experience your Thanksgiving enjoy the company of those around you and
take time to pay a little attention to the younger folks around the table.
Someday, they will be the only ones who will remember and share their memories
of the day with people we will never know and who will never know us – but we all belong to the same family.
Look at the names I wrote above again. A few of you will remember them, but
most of you never knew them. However, if you had known them – you would have looked forward to the times
you would have together.
Happy
Thanksgiving & Make Some Great Memories!
Jim,
James or Jr. Myers (depending upon when you knew me)
