Keeping the Peace at Thanksgiving
As a therapist, every year I’m caught short by how quickly it comes upon us: the season of misery caused by holidays.
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Tag Archives : Thanksgiving
The New Thanksgiving: Memories of a Faithful Dog
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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Fifty years ago, Jim adopted his first dog from a shelter. He told me how much all the dogs he had cared for over the years had meant to him.
The Nitty Gritty of Gratitude
By Jessica Caplan
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Herein lies the grit of gratitude: as a practice we take time to do it consistently, we do it whether we’re “feeling it” in that moment or not.
Women Who Serve: Philadelphia
By Ellen Sue Spicer-Jacobson
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I owe a great debt of thanks to the staff of St. John’s and to Judi and Ed for allowing me to be part of their team for a day (and inviting me back!), opening my eyes ever wider to the gravity of homelessness and the importance of volunteerism, particularly for those who are the most needy among us.
As We Celebrate Thanksgiving, Many Still Go Hungry
Diane Vacca reminds us of the sobering problem of hunger that still plagues many of our nation's families and an interfaith collaboration in her Manhattan neighborhood aiming to fight it.
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: A Holiday Mosaic
The scents, the songs, the family traditions, the quirky (but lovable) guests—these are life-enriching deposits in our memory banks. We asked "Women’s Voices" writers to look back over the years and share with us the Thanksgiving reflections that make them smile.
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The Wednesday 5: A Manual for Non-Traditional Thanksgivings
In this week's Wednesday 5, we share with you some of the best Thanksgiving stories and survival tips offered by members of our own Women's Voices family. We didn't have to look far for advice from women in many different stages of life who've chosen to spend their Thanksgivings in non-traditional ways.
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Thanksgiving: This Year Will Be Different
Then five-turkey family roosting outside our basement window reminds me that this year, Thanksgiving will be markedly different for Paul and me. Like other years, we will be sharing the meal with friends, but for the first time ever, neither of our sons will be at our table.
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Dr. Pat Consults: Healthy Holiday Eating
Don’t use Thanksgiving as a springboard to create excuse after excuse about how you've stopped taking care of yourself just because it is the beginning of the holiday season.
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Thanksgiving Poetry Encore: Ginger Andrews
Andrews' poem reminds us that angels turn up unannounced, and what looks like hell may be a reminder to be thankful for your own corner of heaven.
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On Thanksgiving: More to Be Thankful For
By Phyllis Fanzo Lombardi
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As always, my children and husband have enriched my emotional education and taught me some things about Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Day: A Day of Introspection and Gratitude
I did not feel well enough to travel this holiday. Normally, I would have pushed my way through it, but my husband gave me this gift of the day, the turkey and stuffing and pumpkin pie that I needed for my soul. I needed time to be and not do more than I could do, for just one holiday. I…
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Thanksgiving Subterranean Table Top Blues
Apparently, everyone is stressed out because of Thanksgiving, and for good reasons. Family members awaken the week before with nightmares about being criticized for the umpteenth time about their choice of career. Vegans are cajoled into just having a bite of turkey—“It won’t kill you for goodness sake!” your Grandmother insists—and children are outcast to their own table, creating eternal…
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Thankful for My Aunts
My mom is one of six sisters. Every Thanksgiving, my mother’s family gathers at Aunt Ruthanne and Uncle Ron’s house in Connecticut. The table stretches from the dining room into the living room, with a joyous crowd of parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends. “We don’t say grace,” my late Uncle Howie once quipped. “We do The Wave.” I…
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The Compass Rose: Thicker Than Water
“Let’s have a family Thanksgiving,” I said to my friend Mary, “without any blood relatives.” It was a time a few years ago when I had had my fill of filial histrionics and was fed up with the my-way-or-the-highway holiday hosts. I wanted a tradition without the traditional baggage, a happy feast prepared and shared by all — and lots…
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