We were not doing Thanksgiving anyway this year, family scattered to four winds to do the holiday elsewhere.
"We were not doing Thanksgiving anyway this year, family scattered to four winds to do the holiday elsewhere."
The only ones I have left in my family are my two sons. One lives in Indiana and hasn't been back east since he moved there. Can't blame him, but he's also got a compromised immune system from cancer surgery and chemo in April 2019. They took out about 80 lymph nodes during the surgery. And because of neuropathy pain in his hands and feet from the chemo, he hasn't been able to go back to his job. His wife has been working from home. My oldest son lives about 2 hours east of me in Troy, NY, so we usually do Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner on the weekends so he can come and stay overnight. He's been working from home, and can only visit weekends, and he's limited there because he has a cat that requires medication...one of them kitty chemo once a week, and another med is an appetite stimulant. So he has to be there on those days so he can feed her throughout the day. At least the medications are working. She's actually put back on almost 2 lbs.
We’re the same way. One of my kids is on call for Thanksgiving day so we’re celebrating this weekend with two of them. The other two will be with their grandma.
We will all be together for Christmas for several days. We’re planning a 2800 mile road trip.
And, last Saturday I joined a Trail Life USA troop where we had the annual Family Thanksgiving potluck. We cooked eight turkeys, all outdoors. Had about 120 guests.