Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is able to celebrate it and happy to do so!
To those who cannot celebrate Thanksgiving, I sincerely hope that things get better for you so that you can express joy next Thanksgiving. I truly want all good people to be happy.
Thanksgiving is the only pure holiday, and the only one that inspires genuine love for humanity in my heart. We are all the same. We are all in the same boat. We are all just trying to live a happy life.
If I were King of the World I would make it so.
Anatomy of Today:
The plan was to celebrate Thanksgiving for the first time in our new home with Eddie & Carolina, Craig & Amanda (and Jackson), and Keith and Krista.
Eddie and Carolina had other plans and I know they will have a beautiful day.
Krista and her family are from Lewiston, Maine - the location of that horrific shooting on October 25. Thankfully, none of her family were hurt. But she had not been able to get home for a visit since, so she planned on visiting on Thanksgiving day. Keith planned on spending the day with us.
But Krista's father just came down with covid, making it impossible for her to visit. Then Krista's roommate came down with covid and Krista caught it as well. So Krista is spending Thanksgiving with her roommate and Keith will be home alone. Since Keith has been exposed to covid he opted not to visit us out of consideration for Amanda, who is pregnant. That is the right decision.
As a father it breaks my heart for my son to have to spend Thanksgiving alone.
Thanksgiving here will be Craig & Amanda (& Jackson), and me and Carol. Do you know how that affects us emotionally to drop from six guests to two?
Not at all. We are excited. We are looking forward to today with unbridled enthusiasm. Cannot wait for Craig & Amanda to get here. We love them so much, they make us happy. We will have a blast.
We are lucky to have the family we have. We are so grateful. They bring us love, they make us proud, they make us happy. We will all get together in the new home when we all get together.
Until then, we want everyone to get healthy, we want everyone to be happy.
Thanksgiving is a day for Carol and me to think about our family in deep gratitude and appreciation whether anyone is here or not.
They are our life.
And our life is beautiful.
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