Hi {!firstname_fix} I wanted to send you all a special greeting this week. Thanksgiving will be here shortly. And Thanksgiving is a time in the United States of many different feelings. Most of us have an image in our hearts of what it is supposed to be. Some will have a day that is like that image. Many will not. Unlike any other time of the year, Thanksgiving is about family, coming home. And if family is there, it is a time of treasure and celebration. And if family is not there, either by death or dysfunction, it can be a time of profound sadness. We rarely see that side of Thanksgiving written about. It is there, it can be a part of the story. The day can be both. I have come to embrace Thanksgiving as a day of gratitude...a day of focusing on that which there is to be grateful for rather than whatever there might be that might not be. In our holiday class, we have been doing gratitude lists to bring to the table. It is a wonderful exercise. I am going to invite each of you to do that...and to do that if you and the cat are the only ones at the table. And if there is no cat and you are alone, then it can be a list for reflection. Write things down. Bring them over to the forum. I will be starting a thread there tonight. Come and join us. And know that this community is one of my most special treasures....... Thank you for all of who are you. Love, Kathleen ©2008 by Kathleen DesMaisons . All rights reserved. You are free to use or transmit this article to your ezine or website as long as you leave the content unaltered and use this attribution: "By Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. of Radiant Recovery¨. Please visit Kathleen's website at http://www.radiantrecovery.com for additional resources on sugar sensitivity and healing addiction." Please notify me at kathleen@radiantrecovery.com to let me know where the material will appear.