Thanksgiving...

...is always bittersweet!!...Memories always resurface of the death of my mother, now six years ago, just before Thanksgiving.  While there are many blessings in my life, it is always a hard time too.  Last year as I was dreading it again, I remember getting lots of other photos of Matteo from the orphanage which helped me get through those emotional days by receiving other great emotions.  This year we had a different kind of blessing with the amazing weather.  We had a lovely meal at my sister's...eating turkey on the patio was a bit surreal but also pretty great.  Yesterday morning with Isa and Luca we took a walk to Dow's lake and tried to breathe in the beautiful day trying to imprint it in our memories.  The park was very peaceful and it was a lovely morning, though Matteo was not so happy on the way home.  Intanto, here are a few soothing photos to remind me of another better Thanksgiving weekend.