Happy Thanksgiving
November 24, 2022
YEARS AGO, on the day before Thanksgiving, my husband put a load of wet clothes in the dryer at my parents’ house. He turned the dryer on and left the room.
Three freshly-baked pies — pumpkin, apple and pecan — sat on top of the dryer. He didn’t really notice.
About 15 minutes later, the pies were jostled by the vibrations of the dryer and they slid to the floor with a crash.
Fortunately, my mother was in a good mood. How could she not be? The black coffee my husband had spilled on her cream-colored carpet was no longer visible (after frantic scrubbing and dabbing) — and she had a new grandson. She picked up the smashed pies and put them back together.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope the things that go right — and the things that go wrong — on this Thanksgiving Day make you grateful for what is simple and true.
This recording of Johann Sebastien Bach’s cantata, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, sung here by the Monteverdi Choir was made in the Abbaye d’Ambronay in France in 2000. The English Baroque Soloists are conducted by John Eliot Gardner.
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, und das ist der Weg, dass ich ihm zeige das Heil Gottes. (Psalm 50, 23)
Who thanks giveth, he praiseth me, and this is the way that I shall show to him God’s healing.
