Happy Thanksgiving!

I remembered the first Thanksgiving holiday with our dear Truffie.  We fed him roast turkey, as he dined with us.  Dad fed him some wine and he was great entertainment for the evening.  That was 13 years ago and it's been a year since his passing.  I do miss him during this time, because it is a special day where the whole family shared a meal.

This year, my brother came to visit from San Francisco and I roasted the turkey, among other eats.  We  have since adopted a chihuahua mixed breed, who we named Chalupa (Lupa for short), and fed him his first Thanksgiving turkey.  It made me happy and sad at the same time, for obvious reasons.  Also, our mom had to work out of town and our dad still lives in China.  The next day, my brother went to visit our mom, then came back the night before he had to leave.

It was a good holiday, even though it wasn't exactly what I had envisioned it to be today, some 20 years ago.  "Life is but a dream" is as the nursery rhyme goes.  I'm just starting to understand that for the first time.  Life is a field of infinite possibilities and it will continue through birth and death.  I can truly appreciate all I have discovered recently in terms of a deeper understanding of life.  Without that understanding, I believe I would be severely depressed, lost and utterly confused.