It's been a
long time since I cooked a dinner like this--did most of it last night,
roasting the turkey at 225 degrees in the oven when I went to sleep and
waking up to a cooked turkey--along with what you see in the picture
there are potatoes, turkey rice soup, made from scratch cranberry sauce,
gravy and a fresh salad--come on down there will be plenty of food left
over !

                              
We
all have many things to be thankful for but every Thanksgiving (and
many times over the year) I am most grateful for people who have added
to my life and are no more with me physically--I know they are my
Guardian Angels looking over my shoulder every day of the year--though
YOU may not know them they are a part of my family and I would like to
share them with you. During the 80s I lost many friends due to AIDS but
now as I am old I am losing many of them to natural causes from growing
old.
I miss Layde.
She was fun and a great supporter of mine not to mention donating many
hours to editing my books and, many times, my thoughts. We met in
Tennessee and a few years later she moved to Dallas with her sister Nina
and Nina's partner Jean. She was always there for me with a joke or a
shoulder to cry on. And though we weren't close I miss BJ.
Due to age many people here at Gateway have died. Too many.
They
may just be names to you but along with many others they bring a smile
and warmth to me whenever I think of them and I often do.  I hope Ladye, BJ, Liz, Anita, Robert, Bob, Jack, Frank, Michael, Mike and Carmen get to say hello to:

Albyn (heart attack), Flo (cancer), Joe (stroke), Ginny (cancer), Ronnie
(heart attack) Bob B. (heart attack), John C. (AIDS), Tom L. (AIDS), Ray
B. (heart attack), Buddy (AIDS), Michael Mc (AIDS),  Joe (heart attack) Bob/Dr K (heart attack), Vinnie (heart
attack) Robert I. (phenomena)--just a few of my Guardian Angels!!!!

Here's
also a piece of my heart for all those young people in their teens who
have suffered and died from AIDS because their parents and adults don't
care about 'kids' nor do they want the government to spend money on
helping them. I miss, and remember, each one of you.

                                       HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL