THANKSGIVING

This years Thanksgiving was exceptional in so many ways.

For one thing, I wasn't 100% sure I was going to make it to Thanksgiving. When you're living with an aggressive case of ALS, there are no assurances.

But I had a Thanksgiving that was memorable and wonderful in so many ways. So many exciting and joyous family events took place in the days immediately prior to this most American of holidays. Discretion forbids me from listing them all at the moment, but the biggest news for Dee and me was the birth of our very first grandchild, who came to reside among us earth-dwellers on November 14th, exactly the date on which she was predicted to show up. As if that were not enough our daughter Mel showed up with her partner, Emmanuel, and their little bundle of joy just before we were about to begin the Thanksgiving festivities. My heart was filled to bursting with joy.

Thanksgiving this year was about so much more than the bounteous table spread before us, laden with dishes we have eaten for decades. It was about our loving circle of friends and our expanding family, all of whom have brought me so much joy in the last few weeks. It was about being with the people I love most - and hearing from the ones who could not be physically present.

Being able to hold my grand-daughter in my (mostly non-functional) arms was a treat I never dreamed I would live to enjoy. And to be in the constant presence of my loving, caring wife and daughters is another blessing beyond measure.

If I were a bettin' man I would say this was probably my last Thanksgiving - let's be honest. But this one had everything I could ever ask for.

10 comments:

  1. You touch my heart in ways I am unable to describe. I am enormously grateful for the Thanksgiving you were all able to experience. Simcha Barukh... a Joyful Blessing, indeed.

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  2. Congrats on becoming a granddad! Peace and blessings.

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  3. So glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving. And BIG congratulations on the wonderful new arrival!

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  4. So very happy to read about your happy Thanksgiving. Much love to you and your family, now and always.

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  5. I'm happy you're still here. And I continue to pray for painlessness and peace for you. And I will look for you on the other side, when that time comes.

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  6. I am so happy to read about your wonderful thanksgiving with your precious new grandbaby❤️❤️❤️

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  7. I am thinking about you every bday and hoping for a miracle. I am so glad you got to hold your granddaughter

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  8. So happy to hear Mel’s with her Daddy. Many hugs and kisses coming to you from Philadelphia. You have a beautiful family

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  9. So glad you were able to hold and kiss and touch your granddaughter. I know she gave you and Dee great joy. BTW, she shares my grandson Jacob's birthday.

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  10. Selfishly, I am so grateful to see this news. I think of you and your family every day.

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