December 2018. My children, their spouses, and I were carrying on a bittersweet tradition that had started 4 years before. We had tickets to The Nutcracker Ballet at nearby Bass Hall. The trick was that I lived in San Diego, my son was stationed in Washington, DC, and my daughter lived here in Fort Worth with her family.
After my husband of 26 years died suddenly on active duty in October 2014, my kids and I vowed to meet together each year, wherever any of us was living, and see the ballet. We had a life filled with world travel, which included the best of food and spirits all over!
It was recommended that we try Thompson’s before the show. Turned out to be a wonderful time, and we all wanted to stay longer, risking being late for the ballet.
Since then, we met together in other states, but always loved our time at Thompson’s, wanting to get back.
I spent many years after his death grieving, healing and traveling the world. But I have since retired, remarried, now live in Fort Worth, and actually work at TX Whiskey Ranch, where many of our guests talk about Thompson’s, and that you even make a cocktail or two with TX products!
Life happens and I’ve not been back, but am still trying to get there with my hubby, who shares with me an amazing zest for life and cocktails!