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[Lattelvr]

Hugs to all and Happy Thanksgiving!.

So much has changed and we lost our mom this year.  Didn't feel like going to our usual relatives for dinner so it's just my sis and I and one cousin.  Ordered from Cracker Barrel aThanksgiving dinner for 6 so we can have leftovers. This Cracker Barrel meal is really convenient and looks delish! Watched some of the parade earlier and some of the dog show and expect to just chill out on the couch watching Friends Thanksgiving marathon on TBS  Will heat up our dinner in about an hour and then pig out on pie (have 3 different kind) for desert with whip cream! Just making the best of it under the circumstances. 

[aroc3435]

@chiclets Well that's a kick in the head.  What quick reflexes; you have a great attitude, I must say.  Thank heavens your stove didn't start a house fire.

I hope the rest of your day and through the rest of the holidays holds no more unpleasantry for you.

[dex]

@YorkieonmyPillow How’s the family behaving?Hope everything goes well and they surprise you with their appreciation for your hospitality.just in case all is going south there is nothing like a little healthy red wine to settle the stomach.

[hsawaknow]

I am all alone too. But I have the football games to watch and might make some mashed potato's or something. Im battling a kidney infection so I dont really feel that great. I have my kitty cat with me. I will be ok.

Plus I have awesome friends on this board!

[ALRATIBA]

I'm having a perfectly wonderful, quite Thanksgiving!

I'm making a slow cooker "turkey pot pie."  It should be done about 5 or 6 pm.  I'll make some Stove Top corn meal stuffing on the side and a salad.  Dessert if pumpkin pie.

I had two invitations ... one to WV and one out to LI ... just not in the mood to deal with traveling over this weekend.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

@dex It was great!

Best Thanksgiving ever! Person X had said something really awful about me, and hadn't apologized.....so I was dreading the day...as soon as Person X came in, I had a convo with Him/her and told them how I felt, they apologized and hugged me and we had the best time.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

[dex]

@YorkieonmyPillow@My mom who seems to have some great wisdom always said...the events you are not looking forward to somehow have a way of being the best.So happy that your dinner was great and the family all got along.Nice that person apologized and that you were willling to forgive...a wonderful thanksgiving!

[DiAnne]

I am alone also.  My daughter and her family live in another state.  I always plan ahead.  My favorite part of Thanksgiving food is the turkey sandwich on white bread with Best Food mayonnaise and I have already had two of them last week end.  Today I am having Maine lobster tail and salad.  My neighbor just brought over a small apple crisp she made for me because my favorite breakfast is cold apple crisp with sharp cheddar cheese.  I have a good book I am reading, a Netflix movie and I have done a little Black Friday shopping at Ann Taylor and J. Crew online.   I am hoping to get the Christmas decorations up this week end.  It is all good!

[texassunflower]

Today has been a long lonely day. I lost my Mom in June. This the first holiday without her. I thought I would be okay with Thanksgiving because we haven't done much the last few years. It seems like Mom was always just out of the hospital or there was always an emergency situation around Thanksgiving. I have cried numerous times today and Christmas will be probably be worst. I really need to plan better at Christmas. The thing is I don't have to be alone. I have a brother and sister in town. Brother wants to sleep late, watch football, and just sees Thanksgiving as a meal. My sister hasn't been in my home since my mother died. My mother died at my home under hospice care per her wishes. I can't go to her home because she's a smoker and literally can't breathe within 10 minutes of entering her apartment. I'm glad this day is almost over.

[aroc3435]

@texassunflower  Losing a parent is so painful even when we have forewarning.  The holidays for the first year after the death are the worst.  I promise that things will get better for you.  

Both my parents, years ago were in hospice care, but were at home almost to the end.  I was living with them and after my mom died (my father predeceased her by seven years) I just wandered around the house with little things triggering memories.  I had two young children so I couldn't succumb fully to my grief, but the tears would come after they were asleep.

I was lucky enough to have a wonderful girl friend who helped me so much in terms of coping with the floods of tears.  She helped to keep me strong and positive many, many times.

I am keeping you in my thoughts. Be assured that the days will gradually get brighter for you as the pangs of grief slowly ebb away.  If you can find a grief support group through hospice they are a tremendous help, too.