Not all of Thanksgiving happens at the family table. Some of the best of it happens with the family you choose.
Friendsgiving is the joyful one, and it is a celebration of chosen family. It rotates houses in our world, one year on your side, the next year on ours. Somebody has the turkey, somebody has the pie, everybody brings something and there is always plenty to go by. There is a table full of casseroles and way too many sweets, nobody planned the sides out and there are cookies where the greens should be, but we are laughing in the kitchen with a glass in the air and the years just melt away the minute everybody is there.
The heart of this one is watching the kids grow. Because that is the quiet miracle of Friendsgiving, all our kids growing up side by side, a whole little crew getting taller every single year. Weren’t they babies just a while ago? Now they are running through the house like they own the place. This is the good stuff. This is the life, right here.
The chorus is my favorite kind of simple. Bring a dish, grab a plate, pour the wine, come and celebrate. And underneath it all, the thing I feel most, so grateful for these friends. The family that we chose ourselves, all gathered here again.
If you have a Friendsgiving crew, the people who are not blood but are absolutely family, this song is for all of you. Go tell them you are thankful for them.
I write my lyrics myself and use AI tools like Suno and Claude to build the sound. Honest and proud of my process.
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Do you have a Friendsgiving? Tell me about your chosen family in the comments.
With so much love, Melanie Grace TheMelanieGrace