Somedays it is quite easy to be thankful. Other days? Not so much. Join Nicole and Sharon as they talk about creating a meaningful Thanksgiving and cultivating a grateful heart in the good times and the bad times. Want to get some gratitude going in your heart? Have a listen, friends.
[su_spoiler title="Read transcript for The Thankful Heart" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Speaker 1 (00:02): Welcome friend. It's time to hit pause on your busy day and enjoy the Sweet Selah Moments podcast. Let's ponder God's Word together and find the encouragement we need to work well and rest well. The Sweet Selah Moments podcast is brought to you by Word Radio and Sweet Selah Ministries. Nicole (00:31): Hello and welcome friends. It's time to talk about Thanksgiving, both the holiday and the thankful heart that is supposed to be there as well. Welcome to the Sweet Selah moments podcast. This is episode 24, The Thankful Heart. Sharon, what was Thanksgiving like for you when you were a kid? And were you thankful on Thanksgiving always? Sharon (00:49): Well, I suspect I had some years that I was more thankful than others. You know, a long meal with a lot of relatives when you're really young can be a little bit dull. I can remember my uncles talking about football, about which I knew nothing. And my mom talking to my aunts and my grandmother about people I'd never heard of. So sometimes it was hard to be a polite little girl and, you know, just be there. But I do have some favorite memories that stand out, mostly the food, my grandmother always served Waldorf salad. Have you ever had Waldorf salad? Nicole (01:23): No, I've never heard of it. Sharon (01:24): Oh my goodness. It is so my favorite, I like it better than the pies. Nicole (01:28): What is it? Sharon (01:28): It's apples and grapes and walnuts in a cream sauce kind of thing. Nicole (01:33): Oh my goodness, that sounds amazing. Sharon (01:33): And it is really, really, really, really good. So now, because everybody in my family knows, I love it my Aunt Joan every year makes me Waldorf salad in a special Tupperware container because not everybody else likes it and I take it home with me. Nicole (01:49): That's amazing. Sharon (01:50): So I remember being way too full for pies on Thanksgiving, but wanting them anyway. I loved my mother's stuffing and my mother always brought out our fancy china. So it kind of made us behave. Nicole (02:02): Doesn't it though. You sit up a little straighter when you're holding fancy china. Sharon (02:05): You sit a little straighter and you're like, if I break it, I'm in trouble. So it was a happy day for us, loud talk and laughing and too much food and sleepy afternoons. Although knowing my parents, before the sleepy part, I'm sure they dragged us out on a walk because my mother is a one must walk everyday kind of person. So even on Thanksgiving, we'd have a walk. How about you? Nicole (02:27): Oh, well we didn't always live near family. So our Thanksgivings were pretty low key usually, which was nice. But I do remember my mom breaking out the fancy china that we all had to help hand-wash afterward. Sharon (02:39): Can't even go in the dishwasher, yes. Nicole (02:41): But my mom is a great cook, but she doesn't bake often except around the holidays. Then she makes all of the delicious food that she did not make all throughout the year. So we always started off with homemade cinnamon buns in the morning, and we got to eat that and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the TV while my mom cooked. And then my grandparents would come down from Maine and eat with us. And the best part was later when it was dessert time, because I...
