Joy

1999

Last summer while skiing in the sunshine across Lake Cour de alene, I had the distinct impression that my friendship with Andrea and Kelly is one of those compensating blessings in my life.  Over the weekend, I was reminded of this and felt grateful that our friendship is a shared priority.

Lughesworth is a term invented by Jackson and Eli to describe our combined families.  Over the past 10 or more years the Lughesworths have had a ton of fun vacationing together – necessary because we only ever lived in the same town for about a year.   No matter the set-backs, Lughesworth reunions press on.  Despite financial trauma, the rotavirus, head lice, broken fingers, a broken wrist, broken boats, stomach flus, strep, newly adopted children who don’t speak English, post surgery recoveries, mishaps with vacation rentals, distance, scheduling conflicts, winter storms, and challenges that can’t be spoken of here (but this would be more fun to write if they could), Lughesworth reunions do not postpone or cancel.  (The best was the year we picked up RID shampoo for everyone on the way to the coast.) Thank goodness! Because these friends always provide the rejuvenation I need to carry on. 

Our Lughesworth Thanksgiving weekend was a success.  This Thanksgiving I felt thankful for true friends who have stuck with us through thick and thin.  Thanksgiving Day was pure joy – a successful feast to share with our families made and cleaned up in the company of friends.  We cooked enough food for an army: 2 turkeys, 30 lbs of mashed potatoes, 2 pans of sweet potatoes, 3 pans of stuffing, lots and lots green beans, 108 rolls, so much raspberry fluff salad that it became required eating at every meal, and pies galore.  We may have overdone it on every dish except the rolls.   The fluff salad lasted until the bitter end and as I was locking up the beach house to head home, I noticed a trail of pink fluff salad up the front steps.  The fluff salad is a lot like our friendship – enduring.

2010

More photos and highlights of our weekend Coming soon…