Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello everyone -
  I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving today, surrounded by friends and loved ones, and so full of good eatings that you can hardly move from the table to the sofa. 
 
My wonderful aunt and mother conspired to bring me a little bit of Thanksgiving here in France.  Mom made some dressing/stuffing for me (dry, just the way I like it) and put in a packet of gravy mix.  Aunt Suse made me four wonderful pecan pie-lets, following the family recipe.  Then, somehow, Aunt Suse managed to smuggle these things over in her luggage - I don’t know how she did so, but I’m so glad that she did!  I just returned from a quick lunch eaten in the cantine here at school, but for those fifteen minutes I wasn’t in France - I could see myself back in the US, surrounded (as I wished for you above) by those I love.  It has made me very happy, as does having at least one family member here with me during the holidays.  Thank you so much, Mom, and thank you, Aunt Suse, and thank you, all my friends and family.  You are all in my thoughts today, and I look forward to giving each of you a hug when I get home.

much love to all,
  Julia