This Thanksgiving, as always, we have so much to be thankful for. It seems the list grows bigger each year. In the past two years we have had the worst of times and the best of times. In fact, the worst was responsible for some of the best. After all it is the storm that teaches us to appreciate the calm.
One of my boys once remarked about the number of pictures we have that were taken through the years around the dining room table. This is one of those things that unconsciously has become a Chilson family tradition. This is how we document the holidays and other special occasions of our life. It was never planned that way, it just happened to be the best opportunity to grab a group picture of those in attendance. Now I realize that I could probably line up all of the pictures taken around that table and make a flip book of the years passing by. The people around the table vary according to the occasion and the era. There are many who are no longer in our lives due to death or distance, but have left indelible footprints upon our hearts and those pictures remind us of those times. These are more than just pictures, they are a history of our lives.
This Thanksgiving, we spent the holiday at home enjoying our traditional turkey dinner with a few relatives in the most wonderful way. We had two nieces and a brother for dinner, and my nephew and his family joined us later for dessert. 
The next day we all piled in on Don and Amy in Green Bay along with Bob and Gretchen and family from Minnesota. The place was packed and Don continued taking pictures around the dinner table of the next generation. Maybe they will be able to start their own flip book someday.
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