This year Rick and I were invited to Brandon & Krystal's home for Thanksgiving dinner. Krystal must have cooked all morning and half the day. The meal was delicious and of course I over-ate especially when it came to desserts. I love sweets and Krystal made the most delicious Watergate salad and of course I pigged out.
Ody entertained us with his antics and his cuteness. He stayed close by and wasn't a bit of trouble. He played quietly around us and carried the Little Golden Book that I had brought over for him. It was The Night Before Christmas, and I'm hoping that he will allow either his daddy Brandon or his mommy Krystal to read it to him. He amazed me when he climbed up into a chair that his daddy had been sitting in and opened up the book and began gently turning each page very carefully as if he was reading the book himself, but then Brandon walked up to Ody and said, "Son, it might be better if you turn it this way," then Brandon turned the book right side up. Ody continued to look at the pictures uninterrupted just as before. Ody is two and a half years old, but still very much a baby. He's a very snuggly baby and every now and then he had to get snuggles from his daddy while his mommy was busy in the kitchen.
Brandon and Krystal had their Christmas tree up and decorated with vintage ornaments from her youth. Ornaments she had made as a child that her mother and sister had saved, and now that they are both gone Krystal is carrying on the family tradition of putting up the Christmas tree for the Thanksgiving meal. Krystal and Brandon's parents are gone, so holidays are hard for both of them, and for me as well. But now that they have Ody they do their best to make holidays joyful events for Ody. I am the only grandparent that Ody has and I am his great-grandmother.
Spending the afternoon and evening with my grandson Brandon, Krystal & Ody was lots of fun. We told stories of things present and of course re-lived the past as well. We laughed and had the best time, but the evening ended very abruptly when my son-in-law Ray called to tell us that him and my daughter Suzanne had been involved in an automobile accident that totaled their car.
They got knocked around, went airborne, and were blinded by all the explosions of the airbags before they came to a safe stop. It seems that an oncoming truck hit a large deer, sent it flying over two lanes into the path of Ray & Suzanne who ran over it. Ray received a large scraping wound to his lower leg which was caused by one of the airbags. He was taken to the hospital which determined that he didn't break his leg, but the doctors were more concerned about his elevated heart rate, b.p. and possible damage to his four aneurysms. Suzanne didn't want to get checked out, but now she is frightened by airbags. Ray's leg is all swelled and bruised and he's limping around, and Suzanne is just shook up and without a car for the moment.
I'm so thankful and blessed. My children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are all fine and healthy. God was watching out over Ray & Suzanne. God is always watching out and taking good care of my family.
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