Tag: holidays
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A Belated Thanksgiving

There are a two times of year that make me think about writing a blog more than any other, and that is Thanksgiving and New Year’s. I’ve had traditions over the years to write blogs on these holidays, and this year on Thanksgiving, as we were packing up the kids and the snacks and the…
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The First Thanksgiving

That is, for Charles. Today is Charles’ first Thanksgiving, and I have exactly ten minutes to write this blog. I don’t do well on a time crunch, so you should not expect an Abe Lincoln Gettysburg Address. To set the expectations accordingly, you can look forward to a series of photos of Charles being cute,…
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The Art of Solo Thanksgiving

Sometime around July or early August of this year, I had the thought: “At least this year I won’t be alone for Thanksgiving.” As I’ve mentioned in previous Thanksgiving Day blogs, Thanksgiving isn’t an elaborate holiday for my family. For the last decade or so, my parents have gone to Colorado Springs, where they eat…
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Home for Christmas

Today is the first real snow of the season here in Rhode Island, and as I’m hunkering down in my room, fully clad in fleece and sipping hot chocolate, I wanted to share a recent reflection I wrote. Last week I was asked to contribute a piece of writing for my church as part of…