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in article , Dawn at
wrote on 11/6/04 10:05 PM:
> SportKite1 wrote:
>> For those who celebrate Thanksgiving - what do you plan to make this year?
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> We decided on turkey this year, and will get a ham for Christmas. My
> husband will brine and roast the bird as usual.
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> I think I will do the cranberry fruit relish and the pumpkin pecan torta
> that we both like. Beyond that we haven't made many plans, this being
> the first year we have no family in town due to deaths and divorces. I'm
> not much in the mood for celebrating.
>
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> Dawn
Why not invite some friends or neighbors over to join you and your husband?
I know about not feeling like celebrating, and for those same reasons, too.
Is there another couple or person you guys know who might be in the same
boat? Maybe you could invite them over to join you. Somehow, holidays feel
like there should be more people around the table than just who's there
every night, right? That's how I feel, anyway. That might make it seem
more festive to you.
Of course, the first year after my Dad died, I was with a wonderful family,
they welcomed me into their home for Thanksgiving with open arms and they
did everything they could to make me feel loved. And it almost worked. No
matter how nice my friends and her family were to me, they weren't who I
wanted to spend the holiday with. And it hurt. But not as badly as it would
have hurt had I not been with them, of course.
Don't despair. Maybe reaching out to someone else in the same situation will
help it feel more like a holiday.
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