Thanksgiving Day Reflections

Well, it is post Thanksgiving dinner and I must admit, "I over did it again". My wonderful wife Joyce made her famous dressing/stuffing from scratch. I am going to contact The Food Network to see if she can enter that dish into a contest or something. It should be illegal to have more than a plate full of Joyce's stuffing around the house. You will eat yourself silly, especially if you have some delicious gravy with it. Oh my Lawd! We had a great time reflecting on how gracious the Lord has been to the Stratton family. Helena my 8 year old daughter made a sweet potato pie (with mommies help of course). I couldn't even eat one slice of that pie until a few minutes ago (4 hours later), because of Joyce's ridiculous dressing. My son Terrell was assaulting the many dishes that we spread on the table. His favorite seemed to be the rolls. Unfortunately those were not my Mom's (Blessed Bread). The rolls were Sara Lees but he killed them like they were shipped in straight for Wachapreague, Va (Grandma Florence's Home). Helena was nuts over her mom's dressing and rightfully so. So today I ask this question:

What was your favorite dish served at this years Thanksgiving dinner? And Why?

May God bless you and your family:)

Marc

Why Should I Trust Again?

I concluded a conversation not long ago with a young man who is currently attending college that really sparked my thought tank. He was in a relationship with a young lady who he'd met there last semester. He feels as though the amount of time, effort and affection that he had invested in the relationship was not honored by this young lady. He says the young lady wants to continue in the relationship but she had been hurt in her past from several relationships. She asked him this question: Why should I trust someone again? The young man says that if could come up with an intelligent enough answer she may be willing to ration some of her trust to him. I am not an expert but many people think that I am because I learned how to be a good listener. I hope the experts or the over comers of this barrier will pour in some advice to this post. Thanks and God bless