It is more than tradition to eat more food than one can withstand on thanksgiving. It is the 11th commandment or the 3rd amendment. Whatever you want to follow, we all spend our thanksgiving putting massive amounts of food in out mouth.
This thanksgiving was going to be different for me. I just had my surgery a week ago and was not permitted to eat anything.
There would be no turkey (smoked or roasted), no mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallow, no cranberry sauce, no stuffing, and no wine. I was going to spend thanksgiving without eating. This was going to be my first real test. I have spent the past week since having surgery primarily alone traveling and had no real opportunity to feel what I was missing. Now I was going to be with 10 other people who were going to enjoy their thanksgiving.
Food would be endless. There was breakfast, there was snack all day, lunch was a must, followed by more snacking, and then there was the thanksgiving feast for dinner. My wife's uncle made his usual 2 types of turkey and all the fixings. My father in-law did his usual bakery shopping, and bought his usual candy for snacking.
I survived. I had my water every 15 minutes. my sip of cranberry juice every 2 hours and a few ounces of clear broth during thanksgiving dinner. I sat and held my 5 month old daughter at the table while 10 people around me indulged themselves. I past my first test. I was able to sit at a table with people who were eating and not even think twice.
It was an incredible feeling to not want to eat all day.
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