Last year I was in charge of organizing Thanksgiving for my immediate and extended family. This year my aunt decided that she would host Thanksgiving, which has taken an enormous amount of work off of my shoulders.
We have rarely had Thanksgiving at anyone else's house other than at my parents' house. I think my sister hosted one year because her in-laws were in town, but last year and again this year, she will be going out of town to spend Thanksgiving with her in-laws. The majority of the years, practically all holidays have been spent at my parents' house.
Some family members were a little hesitant about the first Thanksgiving without my mom being somewhere other than the usual tradition of it being at my parents' house, but I think change is inevitable and it needs to be embraced. Plus, my aunt hosting takes a lot of pressure off of me not having to host and organize Thanksgiving this year like I did last year.
I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving; spending time with family, eating good food, having very little responsibility and stress, and Wyoming is in town for his first Thanksgiving with my family.
I will of course miss Jeff and my mom terribly but there are still a lot of things to be thankful for.
Hopefully no matter what is going on in your life, you can find something to be thankful for.
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