Finding Gratitude
For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
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By Kathryn Andersen If Your Kids Are Your Only Contribution to Holiday Gatherings This Year, That’s Enough
Flour coated my hands and the front of my blue sweatshirt as I carefully smoothed the dough with my rolling…
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By Vicki Bahr Family Makes the Holidays Special
We were barely home from a rainy week at the beach in early September when I felt the insistent pull…
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By Kimberly Phyfe The Thanksgiving Mom Went on Strike
It was so close to Thanksgiving that I could almost taste the gravy. Could almost feel the heft of a…
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Festive Cranberry Pineapple Salad is Our Holiday Tradition
Amid the hustle and bustle of setting the table for Thanksgiving, my son glances around the table and notices a…
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By Carolyn Moore Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom
The first time I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner on my own, my mom was several hundred miles away. I was…
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By Lori Jarrett I Should Have Made the Meatballs
For Thanksgiving 2020, we met my mom outside and did a food swap. She cooked the turkey and her famous…
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By Jenni Brennan Please Don’t Forget Those Silently Grieving This Holiday Season
It’s here. That painful time of year has arrived. Despite the festive red cups at the coffee shops, the pretty…
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By Hilary Doyle I’m Done Trying To Make Everyone Else Happy During the Holidays
Every year as the holidays draw near, my dread, overwhelm, and anxiety begin to heighten. Almost to the point of…
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10 Ways To Raise Thankful Kids
The first spontaneous “thank you,” that sweetly pours out of a child’s mouth is an occasion many parents remember with…
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By Lindsey Henke 5 Ways Stressed Out Moms Still Make the Holidays Happy
As a therapist who specializes in helping moms, I hear day in and day out about the unique personal struggles…
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2020 Isn’t a Normal Thanksgiving, So Do What Makes YOU Happy
We’re having a rotisserie chicken for Thanksgiving dinner this year. And—get ready for this—I’m not even cooking it myself. I’m…
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