Why I Make Tamales for Thanksgiving

Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!

Psalm 100:1 (NLT)

 

Thanksgiving is just a few days away.  It's a time of family, fun, friendship, fellowship, and some other things that don't begin with the letter f, but since they don't fit my alliteration, I'm forced to forego them in my list.

Calling the first Thanksgiving without my daughter awful is an understatement.  It's been a  few years, but the memory is vivid.  I felt like I was made of ca...