Family Thanksgivings are wonderful and a little sad, too.
Each Thanksgiving holiday reminds us that we can't hold on to our loved ones forever. Each Thanksgiving pulls us just a little farther apart.
Oh, the love remains, but the reality of our lives is that we gradually lose the experiences and goals in common. New jobs, new homes, new families, new interests, new needs, new wants... demand that the older generation let go so that newer generation can move on.
It's life... and it is fair... and it is necessary.
This Thanksgiving made me even more thankful for my children who have become wonderful men with a wonderful passion for life and the courage to go after what they want. They no longer really need their parents, but they still care for us and do their best to share the important parts of their lives with us. They have moved on... and we have had to let go... reluctantly.
It seems like a sad thing... but it's not.
