Thanksgiving Dinner
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we've been doing the Thanksgiving thing at home with no guests. We did the same this year but when I think back to my decades of Thanksgivings, I can honestly say that this is a highly unusual way for me, and even for Sheila and I since she has come into my life , to celebrate Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, however, we continued the pandemic tradition of celebrating alone. Throughout my entire adult life, I've always been the one to arrange a Thanksgiving dinner with everyone who had no other place to go. I've arranged and hosted some rather quiet dinners for four to eight people and I've arranged and hosted many more festive Thanksgiving dinners for upwards of dozens of people. On a rare occasion, I go to someone else's home but that really is rare. Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday for various reasons... reasons I don't care to get into here or now... and I think I cover up those horrendous memories by cr