The Best Thanksgiving Post Ever...
... and I can't take credit for it. From craigslist Houston:
Thanksgiving With The Waltons
Date: 2008-11-23, 6:59PM CST
How would you like to have Thanksgiving Dinner on Waltons Mountain. Betcha didn't know that it's moved to Spring, Texas. Also bet you didn't know that Mary Ellen is fresh out of rehab (for the 10th time)and Elizabeth woke up last month to discover that she turned lesbian. Grandpa is a registered sex offender (of course, he's not invited) Grandma divorced him and is now taking ballroom dancing classes. Remember how musically gifted Jason always was. Well he gave up playing in roadhouses and now calls square dances and plays classical violin. John (Pa) is disabled from an accident at the mill. Thankfully, he got approved for disability. He's always trying to watch some crazy football game on Thanksgiving. Weird isn't it? Jim Bob got early parole and is living in a halfway house. If Metro comes out this far he might show up. Erin (now divorced with 3 children) works at The Gold Cup and makes a pretty good living even if she never feels led to share any of her ill gotten gains, damn her , oh, excuse me there I go letting that anger stuff take over. I'm gonna run take a Xanax. That's what the Dr says to do when I start feeling like this. Olivia (myself) well, I'll just be honest. I'm not handling the menopause very well along with all those hot flashes. Not to mention my severe clinical depression. To conteract the depression and as a result of the new medication that doctor gave me I tend to laugh all the time like a lunatic. Oh yes, about Cora Beth. Ike passed away last year and she took to drinking the receipe that she gets from the sisters all day long (For medicinal purposes, don't you know) The point of this posting is that if you get the humor in this ad then you're probably our kind of person and we would like to invite you to partake in our Thanksgiving Dinner. We don't want anyone to be alone on this special day. So if you have a good sense of humor, like good home cooked food, are a good conversationalist, and want to spend the day with an interesting family let me hear from you.
Me again. (In case you're not local, Metro is the local bus, and The Gold Cup is a titty bar.)
Anyway, I just howled when I read this. I think it's both brave and very generous for a family to do that. So I emailed the poster with thanks for the laugh, and to let them know I nominated it for "the best of craigslist". The lady wrote back and said she had a lot of fun writing it. She sounds like a genuinely warm person. I hope she has a great time Thursday.
Well, wherever you spend the day, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.