Last night, I was feeling sorry for myself. Robert is on his way to Lund for business today and I am going to be alone for Thanksgiving, without him or family. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that gets me longing for the US, so being alone was accentuating that I am living far from home. When Robert asked for my special memories of the holiday, I remembered back to dinners at my grandparents and parents, to getting together with old friends during the long weekend – this is the only US holiday where you get two days off connected to a weekend – and running the annual 10K Thanksgiving day race.
While the holiday is not celebrated here, I have already had a Thanksgiving luncheon thanks to the American Women’s Club and I will have a full-on turkey dinner with friends on Saturday. And just as I was feeling rather lonely last night, I started getting holiday wishes from friends all across the US and around the world too. And I realized how very fortunate I truly am in terms of my friends and family. I am still surrounded by friends, both here and afar. Both Robert’s Dad and my own have survived brushes with cancer this year. Robert and I have a place to live after all the chaos. I am thankful for all this and for all of my friends and family. Happy thanksgiving!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
And to you as well Antropologa!
Cheers to you my friend!!
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