I've had many different types of Thanksgivings over the years. Big snowy family ones in Michigan, New York City Thanksgivings during NYC part 1 with friends, football and games. NorCal and SoCal Thanksgivings when it was too far to travel to Florida to see my family and I celebrated with 'local family'.
One in particular in Venice stands out when things were falling apart up in cold, rainy San Francisco and I sat on a back deck in the sunshine and the thought popped into my head that perhaps I had moved to the wrong part of California after all....
At the time, I had no idea what was ahead, and in fact, even more things fell apart in early December and I ended up moving down to Southern California two months later.
Thanksgiving is a wonderful pause when we gather together with people we love, and being grateful for life's gifts is very close to the surface. However, the days that follow the post Thanksgiving cocoon can be a time when 'real life' abruptly sets in.
I'm reruning another post of mine from a year ago, about post Thanksgiving disruption, because I have a feeling a couple readers of mine may need to see it again who are facing some of life's snowballs. You can read it in its entirety by clicking here.
In the midst of life, which can be difficult, you don't want to miss the point of the season and what it's all about:
Which is to love
However and whenever you are able.
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