Pass Around the Coffee and the Pumpkin Pie



What a joy this holiday season has been, and it's just getting started! We delighted in spending time with loved ones as we celebrated Thanksgiving, though there were still many who I missed dearly and would have loved to have seen on that special day! We have been so blessed to be able to savor the scrumptious dishes that the holidays have to offer, but among our favorites, as it nearly goes without saying, are the pies. From chocolate pecan to traditional pecan and then to pumpkin, we have enjoyed these sweet pastries beyond words. Perhaps among our favorite memories so far this holiday season is simply grabbing a slice of pie in the afternoon and sitting in our living room, basking in the light of our twinkling tree and Christmas garland. What a joy, what a comfort the sweetness of holiday traditions brings as we cherish the memories of times past and delight in the making of new ones. So it is with the fondness of recollections that I think of our girls and I, as we sit together in our family room, cherishing the last bites of our pie, listening to Christmas music selections a little too loud, playing with our stable horses and brushing their riders' hair, lingering a bit too long before we need to continue on with our afternoon tasks, that I say,"Pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie."

There's a happy feeling
Nothing in the world can buy
When they pass around the coffee
And the pumpkin pie
It'll nearly be like a picture print
By Courier and Ives
These wonderful things are the things
We'll remember all through our lives
These wonderful things are the things
We'll remember all through our lives

-Sleigh Ride