Happy Thanksgiving to All
Nov 22, 2012
 Something
changes in the air around the best of the holidays, especially
Thanksgiving.
People seem to want to come out of their private
worlds filled with worries, stress, ambition and yearnings - all of it
hidden from view.
The spontaneous greetings, days before the real
Thanksgiving, are like the touch of midas, a glow of golden sunlight bursting through an overcast sky, a
reminder of the classic turkey freshly removed from the oven after
hours of cooking.
"Happy Thanksgiving." "Happy Thanksgiving to you, too."
Life Continues as Usual
Richard waves. He's heading to the bus stop to go to a day program.
Philip, dressed up, not looking his usual scruffy self, not causing a
rush of empathetic worry, is going somewhere. Where are you
heading? Why do you look so well dressed today? Philip now
has a job at McDonald's in Framingham (he says). He gets a ride
there and looks forward to rising in their management. I am so
proud of you, I tell him.
William who never stops talking is worried about his friend, Jeannette,
who, he says, is a serious heroine addict. You know she's sick, right? HIV? Talk to her, he says,
see if you can make a difference.
May the Feast be with You
We sit down to a table of plenty and hold fast to a
tradition that never ends, where time is barely moving, where years pass like days and time stands quite still. (Seems like only
yesterday.) Who, indeed, would pass up an entire smorgasbord of
multi-colored food, festive salads and dressings, mega-calorie desserts and
bubbling cider layed out like artwork?
For others, the quiet of a day when the phone never rings and the
emails have stopped is a sacred form of respite. We
embrace our traditions beause they symbolize relationships, meaning, acknowledgement - a chance to sit back, take a deep
breath and appreciate life.
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends in the Greater
Uphams Corner area and to
all the residents of China, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the
Ukraine, the Russian Federation and everyone in the world who also read
Uphams Corner News.
Let us continue to lift ourselves beyond the ordinary. Let us
extend ourselves to those around us in need, moving always towards a
sense of the greater good.
Nancy Conrad
Editor, Uphams Corner News
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Posted: November 22, 2012
Nancy J Conrad
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