Occasionally we have friends over for dinner and I feel required to fix dessert to finish off meal. One of my favorites is peach crisp.

Peach Crisp

6 cups peaches - fresh or canned. I use canned peaches that have no added sugar. Usually sweetener is pear juice. 1/3 cups flour 1 cup oats 1 tsp cinnamon 1/3 cup melted butter

Put peaches in a baking dish. Combine dry ingredients and add melted butter. Mix it all up and distribute it over top of peaches. Bake at 350 degrees until it's bubbly.

This recipe is great for dessert and if you're lucky enough to have some left, it's a great breakfast. For those who aren't trying to watch sugar intake, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and watch it melt.

4.Peace of mind – You’ve heard of “fight or flight” response? When I am upset or when I have things to work out in my mind, I go for a walk. I may start out stomping as I try to release anger, but by time I get back home, I have worked through it and my mind has been cleared so that I can think rationally. Instead of sitting in a chair stewing about a problem, or getting into a fight with someone, walking can be great therapy, and you may be able to find a rational way to resolve problem.

I suppose walking is one of those things I’m especially grateful for because when I was a year old my mother realized I wasn’t walking properly. It looked like one leg was longer than other, but actual problem was that leg hadn’t joined hip properly. After tearfully pleading with other family members who wanted to deny there was anything wrong with their little girl, she made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon and I was put in a body cast that went from under my arms to my knees. I spent next year in that cast. I probably weighed as much as my mother did with that plaster cast. As an adult, my aunts and uncles told me about how horrified they had been when they saw "the horrible cast" and feared it would keep me from doing things other one year-olds did. They told of their joy when they saw that I not only learned to walk, but run and climb in spite of challenges I had.

Probably most valuable lesson from that experience was that I learned that with encouragement, I could not only walk, but I was given confidence to believe that I could do anything.

On Thanksgiving when you stuff yourself with turkey, instead of curling up on couch and taking a nap, think about taking a walk instead. It will help revive you and give you time you need to think about things you’re grateful for.