This post will aim to recapture the collection of Friendsgiving adventures that I just had in Boston, while giving one sneak peek of the holiday fun to come in that grand city. Up first, is this rose bush, still blooming in the middle of November, and still giving joy to passers-by like myself who pause to stop and take in its beauty. Any flower brave enough to put on a show at this late date earns my admiration and respect, and roses in November pack a different kind of punch.
My reunion with Kira provided the perfect spot of warmth as we kicked off the holiday season. Our little Friendsgiving tradition is somewhat new, and not quite an annual thing. When we can manage it, we manage it. This year was one of the luckier ones.
It began with this preamble, which also featured roses, because everything comes around again in the end.
With a backing soundtrack by Shirley Horn’s ‘The Main Ingredient’, our Friendsgiving weekend got off to this delicious start.
This will mark the first holiday season without Kira’s sister and my Dad, and the last year of hurt and misunderstanding paved the way for healing and solace.
Mysteries of fall were in the air, and the strong but welcome presence of sunlight also made for many shadows.
We found pockets of peace and calm, the way we always do, and celebrated our reunion at a dinner at Reunion.
Our wild nights ring differently now. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
A proper Friendsgiving brunch brings a few friends together.
All in all, this was a lovely reconnection with a dear friend, fittingly made during a Friendsgiving weekend. I don’t know what Thanksgiving with the family will look or feel like, and so I am especially grateful that this Thanksgiving with chosen family has happened.
We’ll end this with a special sneak-peek of my partner for the upcoming Holiday Stroll weekend in Boston, and beyond that is our almost-annual Boston Children’s Holiday Hour (which will very soon be excising itself since the children aren’t children anymore). This may very well be the last of its kind, and we will be endeavor to make it that much more special because of it.
