Debbie Lanier's Life and Times: Volume 20: Honey and Thanksgiving

Ok on this festive week as we kick off the remainder of the 2023 holidays, you're probably wondering what do honey and Thanksgiving have to do regarding my mom. Welp they were definitely two of her favorite things and she cherished both. 

Debbie loved local honey but would settle for the honey in the bear shaped containers. I started learning which places had the best local honey. She would go through a quart in 2 months. I am still nursing the final container I bought for her from Publix back in March as it doesn't expire. Honey is awesome for you, had multiple uses and my mom realized that. She would put it in her beverages, certain foods or would just eat it plain. Ironically she wasn't crazy about the kind with the honeycomb in it.  

This of course is the first Thanksgiving without her and I'm keeping hers and my traditions alive. I am hosting a small Thanksgiving without her. I am making stuff that I know I can do and am outsourcing the rest. I will also be househopping per usual. I am even making turkey salad as my mom did the day after if I have enough turkey left. It didn't matter where me or my brother went, my mom always liked having her own Thanksgiving meal in her house. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you all and I'm thankful for you all that are allowing me to share my mom's life, times and memories. Her spirit is felt daily. 

Debbie Lanier's Life and Times: Volume 19- Secrets

It's no secret to some that Debbie Lanier could keep a secret as well as anyone. There's stuff about her or that she knew that I will never know. If someone confided in her, that's as far as it went. 

My mom took confidentiality seriously. I've been holding back some secrets and realizing that she was truly the only person I could trust not to say anything. She held water really well. I knew I could vent to her about something I was told and get her thoughts on it. I will miss that about her because nowadays that's a super power. 

I've found out more stuff about her the past few months as I've gone through her things. She just wasn't going to tell anything easily, especially if it were none of her business or if she were trusted with the information. I doubt if I will ever fill that void but I know she's proud of me that I do the same for others.