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Still Thankful

Still Thankful

I haven’t written one of these posts since 2014. I guess last year after everything happened, and my grandmother passed away right before Thanksgiving I could have only written, “NO I WILL NOT BE THANKFUL THANK YOU VERY MUCH 2015.” But really, I was thankful last year even in the thick of things because I knew how much love and support I had coming from all directions. This year, that support has continued. If you take away my struggles moving on…

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Cruise People

Cruise People

Over Thanksgiving, my  husband and I took a very anti-Thanksgiving cruise.  This isn’t to say we hate the holiday per say, but when your relatives are spread out over two different states in four different cities (none of which you live in) the holidays get a bit complicated.  So I said, “Screw it,” and booked us a cruise. Now I have only been one one cruise when I was thirteen (?) or so.  I remember them taking my picture a…

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Thankful

Thankful

When I was a kid, Thanksgiving was pretty much my favorite holiday.  It was the start of the Christmas season, very predictable as far as food, family and fun.  As I got older, Thanksgiving was a lot more up in the air until Tim and I started our own tradition of doing whatever the f we felt like.  Sometimes we Thanksgiving by ourselves, sometimes with friends, sometimes with family… and sometimes we boycott it entirely by going on vacation. So…

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