The day when millions of Americans count the abundant blessings they have been given, while millions more look from the outside, and wonder why they weren't chosen.
Cities are full of families, who crowd around expanded tables to enjoy and create special moments, while the broken neighbour survives with the memory of what was, or what could have been.
Missing family members, damaged friendships and broken relationships become the salt in the wounds of our lives, on a day created to celebrate the very things we have lost.
Tread softly today, on the hearts of those around you. The fragile existence, that many live, is masked by the bravado necessary to continue....
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