Do you remember pulling on a wishbone against your sibling and hoping that your wish would be granted if you broke off the bigger half?
Well, not at my grandparents’ house in West Hartford, Connecticut. My grandfather, Robert John Landegren a second-generation Swede, was always the master turkey carver in our family. He would carefully remove the wishbone and set it aside, but NOT for wishing. After it dried, he would carefully mark it with the year and hang it from a pipe in the basement over his workbench.
He never said but I could guess that he was grateful for all the good times with family.
I searched Google for “grateful thanksgiving quotes” and came up with this:
How do you express gratitude on Thanksgiving?
A creative way to express gratitude this Thanksgiving is to write out your appreciation. Share a specific example of something they did for you and how it made a difference in your life. To start, make a list of people you’d like to thank.
Let our lives be full of both thanks and giving.
Have a safe and happy holiday with family and friends.
David Robert Lambert
p.s. the “Robert” in my name comes from my grandfather. In conversation, feel free to call me “Dave” but for anything at all formal, be sure to include the “Robert” or at least my middle initial “R” out or respect and honor to him. If a telemarketer calls and asks for “David Lambert” I say there is no such person here!
REFERENCE
Part of the turkey tradition involves the wishbone in the turkey carcass: Two people each grab a side and break the bone apart while making a wish. Whoever breaks off the larger part of the wishbone will have their wish granted.
https://www.makeitgrateful.com/living/celebrate/thanksgiving/breaking-the-thanksgiving-wishbone-a-history/
David Robert Lambert 