A Very Special Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love pumpkin pie. My blessings are bountiful, and it's important to be grateful. Most of all we get together with friends and family with no pressure to have gifts. This year, however, Thanksgiving feels a little tentative. We will still have pie, and we try to be grateful all year long. Our family and friends, however, will not be joining us. This was a difficult decision for us. We love our friends. We love our family. For years my parents have visited from Wisconsin and we would have many friends join our table. In fact, some of our friends have become "honorary" members of our family. Pat is our widowed neighbor who has joined us for more than 20 years, and she is "Aunt" Pat to our daughters. Our dear friend Janet has no other family close. How can we possibly have Thanksgiving without Pat and Janet? And then we read the newspaper. The Covid crisis is at new levels. The infection rate is rising. Hospital