Have you ever had a pre-Thanksgiving in celebration of the real thing? Well that is exactly what my homies and I did yesterday. We decided that we needed to practice for the main event. 

As poor college students without much experience you wouldn't expect much of a spread. I think you would have been surprised at what we came up with. Rolls, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, turkey, and of course pie! We had the whole works! 

For the past few months my best friends and I (who also happen to work at the turkey plant) have been swearing up and down that we would NEVER eat turkey again! I mean after you spend countless hours there smelling that smell, can you really blame us? Well that resolution disintegrated pretty quickly. I did partake of that wondrous bird. I suppose that there is a real difference between the raw and the cooked turkey. 

It was a good evening, there was one young man there from South America. It was his first experience with an American Thanksgiving. It was fun watching him try new foods! I told him the story of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving. I think he was paying more attention to his full plate than me, that's ok. I feel that it is important to remember our roots and where we came from. I have a special connection with this story because one of my great great great (probably more greats) grandfathers played an important role in it! William Bradford. He was the Governor of the Plymouth colony for a time. 

I am so thankful for my heritage. The actions of my ancestors inspire me to do better and work harder. I am also so thankful for my wonderful friends. They are the best friends I could have asked for. 

--Aubs 

“Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shown unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise.”
– William Bradford