A day without turkey...

Top 10 Things About My Ghanaian Thanksgiving:

1. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song at breakfast
2. Hurling yam balls
3. Dinner music provided by Shaggy, including the "Angel of the Morning" remix and "It Wasn't Me"
4. Old-school hand turkey centerpiece
5. Wisdom singing: "Happy Thanksgiving to America...Happy Thanksgiving to America...We are now a part of America...Even though we live in Ghana..."
6. Mama Pat calling us her kids
7. Wisdom singing: "I'll never forget the day that Jesus washed my sins away...I'll never forget Lauren...I'll never forget Molly...I'll never forget Lesley...I'll never forget Dinah...I'll never forget the day that Lesley fed us lots of food..." And from Christian, the backup singer: "...never, never, never..."
8. Feasting with eight Ghanaians who thought it was America's anniversary
9. Talking to my whole family in New Mexico as they passed the phone around at my aunt Carolyn's house
10. Esenam, with her big beautiful smile that comes out when you least expect it, shy, gracious, and so very, very kind

This is a picture I did not take of the looks of absolute confusion on our faces as people around the table began to raise their plastic plates up in the air, and we timidly followed suit and stifled our laughter. Cheers!