I had spinach and cheese ravioli for Thanksgiving lunch. What did you have?

I feel like when I wrote that blog entry this morning, I wasn't feeling so reflective. Now I am feeling it a little more. Perhaps it was because I just spent lunch with a few colleagues who wanted to know what the history of Thanksgiving was and why we celebrate it. It seems that Americans (of the US variety) have exported some ideas about Thanksgiving to countries in Latin America, so everyone seems familiar with it and wants to do something to celebrate it. For us, that meant going out for Italian food, but hey - that works for me. My colleague Vicky is going home to Honduras this weekend, and she was planning on making a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner for her family to celebrate her husband's birthday. She is going there, armed with my recipes for cranberry-pineapple sauce and apple-cornbread stuffing. She's very excited about it.

I guess the idea of a day where you spend your time with friends and family eating lots of good food and reflecting on the good things in your life is universally appealing.

Well I hope everyone is having a great day and eating lots of turkey (or ham if you don't like turkey), and if you are lucky enough to have Cope's corn and green bean casserole, well, I say you've had a good day.

Today I'll give thanks for having a great family and friends, and the good fortune to explore far away places in the world, while at the same time (hopefully) making a difference in the lives of the people there. I know how lucky I am.