Families

Social media is a double-edged sword.

For every stupid tweet or post that is meant to inflame...

...there is a great shot of someone showing love in some fashion.

Thanksgiving is a good day to peek in on the lives of your friends, because it shows them with their families.

I like to check out the shots of the food, the sharing, and the laughter.

My brother Jim did all the work for us. He had way too much food again, but everything was perfect, and there’s no shame in leftovers...

...especially when it’s Mom’s stuffing!

“We don’t eat like we used to,” I mentioned to Jim, and we missed Carrie and Corinne and of course, Jeff and Dad, but we shared and laughed a lot.

The memory of all the past Thanksgiving celebrations are right there too.

And it’s so much fun to see the smiling faces of friends from all across the country.

Hanging with spouses, children, grandchildren.

Just living.

That’s what all the work is for.

And, of course, you feel for those who don’t have such connections, but Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for what you do have...

...not what you don’t.

Or what you lost.

Life can be great.

Especially cause I still have a little stuffing left!