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A letter writer describes the rollercoaster that is fatherhood, including the tears he shed when he dropped off his daughter for freshman orientation at a faraway college.For this Thanksgiving edition of letters, we asked you whether and why you are feeling gratitude.
Thanksgiving is still the beginning of a most magical season for me and I love it. The sights, the smells, the tastes, the excitement, the enjoyment and the change in attitude that fills the air truly is magic. No other way to explain it. Happy Thanksgiving — thanks to all and may your life be filled with magic!Funny how things change as life goes by.
I could not limit our Thanksgiving dinner to just my family. We were all enduring the cold dark winter in Shenyang, and we seemed a little like a family. So we made plans together. By the time President Abraham Lincoln, at the height of his country’s Civil War in 1863, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day , did the fourth Thursday in November resemble its 21st-century cousin? I don’t know.
Due to the higher IQs of all the other parents, I became a Cub Scout Den Leader in 1999. I scrupulously avoided any further leadership positions for the rest of my life. The game itself was completely lost on the boys who spent the whole time eating cotton candy and wrestling with each other over preferred seats. And, despite my frantic efforts, the closest we got to spelling out our tribute was “VISA VOSA.”
As I age, I remain thankful for the ones who aren’t at the table anymore, too. Memories of departed loved ones help all of us. Want to know what being sad is really like? It's being left to struggle on without the one you loved more than life itself. It’s remembering happy times — and crying. It’s remembering sad events — and crying. It’s remembering his smile, his voice, his caress — and crying. It’s not knowing how many more Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays you have to endure without him — and crying.Years ago I worked with a woman who was a Mvskoke Creek Indian.
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