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Changes, and the challenges change brings, can mean doing something "new" for holiday dinners.  I remember the first Christmas my son and I shared after the divorce.  He was a senior in high school and wanted to try something "different."  Instead of the "tradition" of our family dinner, before going to the big family dinner, he and I went and worked (helped?) at the community dinner.  We helped with several things including serving, then eating and cleaning up.  It was a "new" tradition we followed for quite a number of years.

I continued the tradition even after he was married, living in a different state with no way for our family to be together.  I often did Thanksgiving Community Dinners because getting "home" for one day, or meal, wasn't happening because of distance, schedule, ministerial needs.  It was a way to be with others, celebrate the holiday and give thanks for blessings.

So......  What are you doing for Thanksgiving?  Can you help with a "community" dinner?  Can you invite others to your table?  Instead of the crying, this time, maybe sharing works.......  Who knows - maybe it will even bring laughter!