The stories of November
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Until the November my mom fell.
Until the first time my dad cooked Thanksgiving dinner.
Until we started celebrating Thanksgiving a day late.
Until the Thanksgiving we almost didn't have.
Until my sister started baking pies.
And I realized, a lot of my stories now happen in November. A lot of my favourite stories. As I get older, my appreciation for people, random little things, tradition grows and November is now my favourite month and Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. I promise to share these stories with you as we go through the month and I hope to add more stories to make this November even more fantastic than the last.
*Obviously I had dismissed the entire meaning behind Thanksgiving as a child. Something about Indians and turkeys made out of brown construction paper by tracing your hand?
I had the exact same feelings around thanksgiving - as a vegetarian, I'd eat mashed potatoes and peas and get annoyed by my stressed out grandmother. But now, I live in a country that doesn't celebrate thanksgiving and a husband who doesn't realise it should mean a family dinner gah-damnit. And now...I miss it.
ReplyDeleteI love this post! I hope you have a great November!
ReplyDeleteNovember used to be summer. I lived in a tropical place. This year will be autumn-winter.
ReplyDeleteAaaaaw....can't wait read those fave November moments, Rooth:)
ReplyDeleteLove how November has now become your favourite month! I think it's definitely the getting older part that makes us appreciate things around us.
ReplyDeleteNot 100% sure I want to hear the throwing up story, but I wouldn't miss any of the others. It makes no sense, but I'm worried about your mom even though I know the fall was in the past. I hope she recovered quickly--and I now I want pie!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a Halloween story to post every year and a Thanksgiving story to post every year. I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner at 19. It was one of many things that helped seal my fate. :)
PS - I want to hear the throwing up story too!
ReplyDeleteNovember is my birthday month. Usually I will be travelling somewhere or having special meals. It's definitely not the worst month for me. I believe that January is the one I like the least. That's when temperatures are at their lowest...
ReplyDeleteLUXESSED
lol, can't wait to read your stories :)
ReplyDeleteI've never really been a fan of November (or March), because they feel so long and grey. I don't have any stories from those months, but I'm sure if I did my feelings might change. I'm looking forward to hearing your stories though!
ReplyDeleteit's a nice story to read, thanks for sharing this with us!
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Thanks!
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i am really, really, really looking forward to your stories.
ReplyDeletenovember has always been one of those months for me too where i feel like "bad stuff" happens, maybe not bad stuff but it just feels like a difficult month. the last few have been good though, so i am hoping it was some planetary thing and it's over now. although march is my new bad month.
I LOVE Thanksgiving! So glad you have some good stories making it your favorite holiday. :)
ReplyDeleteI love November, but Thanksgiving wasn't ever a big holiday for us. We were always very low key about it and never had a set routine or tradition as to whose house we went to or what food we had. I do love the darker winter months the most, but that's because I'm weird :)
ReplyDeletei kind of tune it out. it's my mom's fave holiday, bc she loves to cook and have her fam around, but then she complains the whole time about cooking. so yeah, meh.
ReplyDeleteSweet post, I have to confess that I´m really not a fan of November though... :-/
ReplyDeleteOhh, I'm so excited to hear the details of this post!
ReplyDeleteI love November...the anticipation of the holidays and the winter. But by February, I'm usually getting sick of it, and March is probably my least favorite month...it feels like it drags on and on...
Rooth, you should be getting paid big bucks for your writing. I'm so serious about that.
ReplyDeleteOver the years, I have started loving November more and more. It's now one of my favorite months.
I need to hear more stories!
Hahahaha, it's never been one of my favorites either, but the memories and stories that come from Thanksgiving and Black Friday are some of my favorites!
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This is a beautiful post. Looking forward to your stories this November.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear these stories. You really know how to leave a girl hanging.
ReplyDelete*Erin
November is my favorite month too! I was born in November, my mom was born in November, I got married in November, my parents got married in November, and I started the blog in November. Well, you get the picture. I LOVE November. ;)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading the stories you allude to above. They all sound really special.