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Three years ago, my mom and dad's Thanksgiving dinner consisted of Jello and hospital cafeteria food, as my dad had just had a heart attack the day before. The next fall, Dad had to have quadruple bypass surgery and spent the next Thanksgiving finishing up his recovery. Then, last year, Mom found out that she had breast cancer and began her first surgeries during Thanksgiving break.
Needless to say, Thanksgiving hasn't quite been what it should be the last few years.
I am thankful beyond words that this year, I sat down to my Thanksgiving dinner across from Mom and Dad, both with a relatively clean bill of health. Mom has been cancer free for a year now, and Dad hasn't had any more problems with his heart. The only problem they have now is that they don't have any excuse for someone to be waiting on them hand and foot!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone....and BRING ON CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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Happy to hear your folks are better, Kyle. That's fantastic!
Two years ago, my mom was in the hospital, 2 states away from me. For Thanksgiving dinner, my sisters & I took my 85-year-old dad to McDonalds. (He stole my fries!) A few months later, they both went home to Heaven. Strange that that was my last Thanksgiving with my parents - after all of the lovely ones we had over the years -but I'm grateful now for the memory.
I'm with you - bring on Christmas!
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