This thanksgiving will be spent quietly with xws.
We are going to celebrate with our children and family the day after with the turkey and all the trimmings.

I have so much to be greatful for this year.


Mainly, the love of my husband. Praise God.
A beautiful daughter and son-in-law
Two of the cutest grandsons
My accomplished son and his sweet fiance
My mother-in-law (the last of my husbands immediate family left)
A chance for all of us to get together the day after the official day.

Blessing and wishes for everyone to have a Happy Thanksgiving, where ever they are.

K.D.'s Heartbreak

I will be going downstate with my DD and sisters family to meet with another sister and her family for the holiday.

I too have so much to be thankful for -

God
My beautiful DD, Paige
My sisters, their families and my brothers
My friend and assistant at work, Teresa
A good job
A good life
My new guy, DW
All on this board, and the other one I belong to.
Did I say God?

Thank you God for all my many blessings, and please bless all on this board who are suffering through the most painful devastation of all, and give them strength and hope that joy will find them once again. Amen

That was a beautiful prayer weaver.

The day before turkey day, H tells me we're "going out". Seems he can get off work early Wednesday if he were to take his wife and kids to a military post not far from ours and have the high-ranking brass serve US T'sgiving dinner in their dress blues. Hmm...travel to a place my older kids LOVE to shop, having H handle dinner plans, no kitchen to clean up the day before T'sgiving Day...what's the downside to this?? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> Oh, and it will only cost us $15 for a family of six. That's my kind of "military intelligence"!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

For Thanksgiving Day itself, I'm going to be giving DD13 her first lessons in feast-fixin', true SOUTHERN style! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> It'll just be me and her cooking, H and DS15 will get babysitting detail for the day while DD and I are doing things up right. Family is thousands of miles away, we have nothing more than "casual" friends here yet, and honestly I just don't feel like being social.

I, too, have a lot to be thankful for, even if I don't realize it every minute out of the day. Helps to "count our blessings" now and then...

The love and forgiveness of an awesome God who is most certainly is capable of healing my marriage and family.
Several very good friends who are available to pull me up by my bootstraps when I can't seem to reach them myself and who have been there to support me in every painful moment of growth and during the times when I thought I had nothing to hope for.
A counselor who isn't just a counselor, she's actually invested personally in MY recovery.
Amazing children who have shown me how to love, how to forgive, and how to move on.
The "forced" opportunity to spend three years in a foreign country where my family has no choice but to pull together.
An imperfect but wonderful husband who has managed to melt my heart even after all the pieces had been shattered beyond recognition. Sometimes it's the melting that pulls all the pieces back together.
Myself. For the first time in my LIFE, I'm thankful I am me.
The chance to live another day and make things just a little bit better for those I love.
And least of all, I'm blessed with far more than most people in this world will ever have. I may not have everything, but I'm spoiled. After all, I'm sitting in a warm house in warm PJ's in a comfy chair typing on a laptop computer, for heaven's sake. The only time in recent memory I've missed a meal is when I've done it purposely. Life is ridiculously good.

Lord, I thank you not for everything that makes life enjoyable, but for the life I'm able to enjoy everything with.

Well, I will have a houseful this Thanksgiving. My Mother will be here from Amarillo, sister #2 and H from Tulsa, brother #1 and W from Houston.

And what am I thankful for? That my mother and sister love to cook so I won't have to! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I will suffer through my Turkey Day with my mother. Maybe, over time, our relationship can heal...but it will take quite a while.

I am mostly thankful for the wonderful life's lessons I have learned over the past year. I am also thankful that I am able to help others with my new found knowledge, as well as my new found empathy.


TM

Well, my stbx and DD12 will go to IL's out of state while DS7 and DS22 stay home. I will cook for my father, two son's, DS22's g/f and family less friend, and whomever else chooses to join us. Then I get all day Friday and Saturday with just DS7 to keep me company. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I thankful for God and how he has kept me going through so many difficult times. I am especially thankful for my kids whom I love dearly. I am thankful for my church family, for my DS7's caregiver who gives me some respite, for my boss who is forever patient and understanding, for the amazingly beautiful roof over my head, the food on my table, my health and very, very thankful for having found this board and the many people who have helped me grow and change, especially Pep who is the most patient person on the planet IMVHO. I am also thankful for the friends I have made here, people I never would have met if not for my H's A's. Sweet with the sour, KWIM?

I am going two hours away to my family's. Will stay over a couple of nights as my other sister & her family are flying in from CO and my Grandma from TX. The whole family will be there except for my sister's H who is in Iraq and my WH.

I am thankful for:
God
Family
DS especially
Friends(this includes all of you here on MB)
Health

and most of all Hope.

Blessing to all of you this coming Thanksgiving.

Kim

This year I am spending it with my whole family. My aunt and uncle and their son are flying in from New York. This year I get to learn how to make the Thanksgiving dinner (this outta be interesting) Everyone will be here this year except for my brother (passed away in Jan of this year) and my FWH who is in Iraq and due home VERY soon.

Im thankful for:

1. God
2. My beautiful daughter who was born this year
3. My family
4. The new found love that my H and I have for one another
5. The friends I've made on here bc without them I wouldnt be where I am today.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here

I am spending the day at work. I signed up for a 12 hour shift in my nursing unit so I can spend the day with my friends there rather than my ILs and an H who will most likely ignore me.

I do have alot to be thankful for ...
My kids, that the A appears to be over, that my H is still here in the home and for the unbelievable blessing of finding this site and all of you here. I call you my lifeline. You and your kindness keeps me sane in an insane situation. Mostly, I am thankful for a loving God and His infinite mercy.

Loni

I will be spending it alone...and I'm ok with that. It beats wondering if the xWS would show up and when????

My xWS loved Thanksgiving Dinner. His very favorite meal. I always got lots of compliments on it from him.

Now I'm going to be rude!

One thing I'm grateful for?

My 50 yr old xWS will NOT be enjoying the traditional Thanksgiving dinner because his 24 yr old OW doesn't know how to cook, and/or won't do it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I will be cooking for my girls and Mom and then going to work late afternoon since I am needed(hope you have a good day at work Loni!)

Heartmending,you may be having Turkey Day alone but you will be in our thoughts and prayers I am sure!

My plans include:

Turkey,stuffing,my famous mashed potatoes,gravy,cranberry chutney,glazed carrots,homemade rolls,pumpkin pie and chocolate cake.Yum!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Blessings~

O

I am cooking 2 turkeys and making about 6 tons of stuffing.

WE (my H our 2 teens and I) are going to a church in the AM and serving Thanksgiving meal to all who show up. Last year I stayed home while H served at the church. H said there were around 200 people .... families with children mostly. This is the church where H goes to his AA meetings ... and this is an AA event.

We are (gasp) MAKING our kids do this !!! They are volunteers not by choice but by parental command. They have gradually warmed up to the idea... their main objection being "I want to sleep in that day" (waawaa)

Then ... we will return to our home, and celebrate our blessings at our own table.

Then fall asleep on the floor in front of the TV watching movies. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

This is going to be a different kind of Thanksgiving for me. Been dealing with large family dinners ( 25+) for about a doz years now–every since my mother passed away. This year I have bowed out from the responsibility of a large family gathering. Have been invited to go to other family member but plan to just stay home and cook a small but traditional dinner for DD12 and DS19–who actually will be working most of the day, and recovering WH. I am actually looking forward to this intimate time with just our small family in the sense that we have never had this. I love the holidays, I really do but after so many years of taking on the responsibility for such a large family his and mine on top WH A this year, I am just plan exhausted and crave something simple and soothing verse the other stress of.

I will continue to count my blessing and not my problems, be grateful for what I do have and take it one day at a time.

I am thankful for my baby dd12
I am thankful for my ds19–and the fact he is working!!!!
I am thankful that my recovering WH has returned to us even if his is still dealing with his own issues and I am waiting in the wings for our real recovery of our marriage.
I am thankful for God and the strength he gives me.
I am thankful for our home and the food that we eat.
I am thankful that I am blessed.