By Lauren Eberspacher I Put My Holiday Decorations Up Early And I’m Not Sorry
"Are you seriously going to keep that thing in there all year?" my husband asked. I turned around and smiled…
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By Her View From Home Dear Family, I’m Already Grieving the Holidays Without You
Dear family, It's not even September yet, but with 2020 being kind of, umm, rough to put it mildly, everyone's already…
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By Jenny Rapson Target, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving Day
Well, super shoppers, it looks like for the first time in several years, Black Friday 2020 will actually fall on…
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By April Leiffer Henry My Husband is Missing Thanksgiving Dinner For Work
Thanksgiving—it’s here again. That mix of gratefulness with a little tinge of bitterness. You see, in our house, someone is…
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By Lisa Ingrassia So God Made My Father-in-Law
God looked down and thought, “I need someone who is willing . . . willing to provide the fatherly love,…
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By Angela Anagnost-Repke We Don’t Take Thanksgiving—Or Mom—For Granted Anymore
Five days after my mom’s chemo, my brother, Deno, flew home to Michigan. We were going to celebrate an early…
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By Laura Costea Dear Pauline, Thank You
Dear Pauline, I remember when I first met you. It was a warm spring day back in college. You were…
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By Hillary Gruener The Empty Seat at the Holiday Table Still Hurts
As I get older, the more I realize how many families are suffering from the loss of a loved one—not…
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By Carolyn Moore 6 Reasons Thanksgiving in the 90s Was the Best
Thanksgiving Day, 1990: a 6-year-old girl woke up with an itch. The 6-year-old girl itched that itch beside her belly…
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By Katie Faris Whether We’re Happy or Not, We Give Thanks
An aftershock of grief hit me with full force last Thanksgiving. Preparing to go to my parents’ house for a…
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The Greatest Feast of All This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving week is typically a short one for work. This means I rest a bit easier, knowing that I’ll be…
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Call Me Scrooge if You Want, But I’m Not Breaking Out the Christmas Stuff Yet
It’s time we had a serious chat, one that, quite honestly, will be a little uncomfortable for some of you. …
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