We purchased a creative hand-crafted wooden turkey made from pine tree leftovers from a roadside craftsman in Arkansas about three years ago. The artist was in his eighties and, actually, did really good work.
We used the eccentric looking turkey for our Thanksgiving Dinner Centerpiece. My grand kids and we came to accept the old bird as part of our fall-season decor. Last Thanksgiving, disaster struck. During a vigorous inspection by my grandson, the old bird and his beak were separated. As he is not covered on our family medical health insurance policy, Caroll and I have set about studying beak restoration and, finding the appropriate materials, will rebuild Old Bird's beak with its turkey beak accessories if possible.
But until we gather together all the needed pieces, Old Bird sits beakless and cautiously optimistic on the table...just as I would; were I missing one of my facial appendages. The truth be told, Old Bird is suffering through this entire affair without a gobble. Guess that comes with the loss of beak. I think he understands that, if he were made of the same materials as a normal turkey, he would have been in the oven three years ago, and so is very fortunate to be merely beakless for a while.
The moral of this story is that even a beakless wooden turkey has things to be thankful for.
Please, be grateful to our Lord for the many blessings this and every year. If you think you have none, look around; it will not take you long to find someone a lot worse off than you and, possibly, carrying a radiant smile for their bountiful blessings.
We used the eccentric looking turkey for our Thanksgiving Dinner Centerpiece. My grand kids and we came to accept the old bird as part of our fall-season decor. Last Thanksgiving, disaster struck. During a vigorous inspection by my grandson, the old bird and his beak were separated. As he is not covered on our family medical health insurance policy, Caroll and I have set about studying beak restoration and, finding the appropriate materials, will rebuild Old Bird's beak with its turkey beak accessories if possible.
But until we gather together all the needed pieces, Old Bird sits beakless and cautiously optimistic on the table...just as I would; were I missing one of my facial appendages. The truth be told, Old Bird is suffering through this entire affair without a gobble. Guess that comes with the loss of beak. I think he understands that, if he were made of the same materials as a normal turkey, he would have been in the oven three years ago, and so is very fortunate to be merely beakless for a while.
The moral of this story is that even a beakless wooden turkey has things to be thankful for.
Please, be grateful to our Lord for the many blessings this and every year. If you think you have none, look around; it will not take you long to find someone a lot worse off than you and, possibly, carrying a radiant smile for their bountiful blessings.
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