by Patricia Muhammad
Thanksgiving is a national holiday set aside for family and friends to gather together to offer thanks and share blessings received throughout the year. Thanksgiving dinner is a traditional expression of gratitude and is symbolic of abundance. Recently, at a community dinner at Lansing’s Trinity Lutheran Church, participants shared with The Lansing Journal their personal thoughts, ideas, and family memories related to Thanksgiving. We published a few in our November print issue, and now we’re publishing all of them online as a “Thanksgiving thoughts” series.
Claudia Sandoval (Whiting, Indiana)
“Thanksgiving is a time we come together with all of our family. We usually get together with a potluck dinner. It’s nice to see all the generations of our family bond, and we give praise to the Lord. We’re Mexican-American and we have at the dinner table tostadas, tamales, turkey, chili, macaroni, and a big dessert table, including pan dulce, brownies, and pies.”
Previous Thanksgiving thoughts:
Upcoming Thanksgiving thoughts:
- Barbara Lessner
- Chris Baldwin and Carol Cramer
- Jim Hoover
- Oscar Canales
- Randy Widstrand