Thanksgiving, a Second Time Around

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all had a happy holiday. It is sort of amazing to me how quickly we can learn to adapt and adjust to pretty much anything that life throws at us. After one year of living in India we have indeed learned to manage in this place, despite its vast differences from home. However, though we might have adjusted we certainly have not forgotten the traditions of home and we certainly miss them. So this Thanksgiving we were not content to celebrate with rotis, rice and subzis, but instead longed for the typical Thanksgiving Day feast with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and all the rest. I was very lucky to have met an American last year who had been in India for a bit longer than us, and she mentioned a restaurant in Bangalore that hosts a Thanksgiving dinner. It is named The Only Place, and aptly so as I think that it is the only place that serves Thanksgiving dinner. I had filed this bit of valuable information away in my brain and a week before the big day I called to make a reservation, I was not leaving this up to chance, we HAD to get a table. Luckily the restaurant took my reservation and all I had to do was wait for my feast.



We went for dinner at 6 PM on Thanksgiving and were happy to see a buffet waiting for us to attack it! We had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, potato salad, pasta salad, steamed vegetables, cranberry sauce, garlic bread, and pumpkin pie for dessert. I wish that I could say that the food was wonderful, but the quality and taste was only okay. However, it was still wonderful to have turkey on Thanksgiving, and I was thankful for that. In celebrating Thanksgiving properly this year it made it easier to remember why it is we celebrate it at all, and I was able to take the time to give thanks for all of the wonderful people and things in my life. Eric and I are both so lucky to have friends and family who have supported us through everything, even when we said we were moving to India. We have asked so many favors of so many people and everyone has been wiling to oblige us so graciously. Upon arrival to India we made a new set of friends who have also been so kind and helpful and continue to aid us in navigating our way from day to day. So this Thanksgiving we thank all of you, all of our friends and family for all that you hove done for us thus far.




P.S. Happy Birthday Amanda! I remember November 22 so many years ago when Grandma woke us up and told us that we had another little Kim. I am pretty sure that my response was, "So what?" Now I see what the big deal was. I love you and miss you!