Hello to anyone who celebrates this holiday! I think many cultures also have holidays around harvest time, focused on eating. In the past I didn’t always celebrate TG as I didn’t have much family. I’m an only child, raised by my grandparents who passed away. My extended family live far away; more than half are oceans apart. I haven’t met any of them in person more than a handful of times, and they are pretty separate from each other as well. For college I moved from the east coast to the west coast and after that lived a nomadic life as a travel nurse.
4 years ago I settled down more and bought my home. The first person here I became friends with has a lot of family visit from LA for thanksgiving and has always invites me.
In a 2 mile radius from me are a number of good people I’ve met over time and it worked out organically that various people pick their favorite holiday to host. Ive done Halloween the past 4 years, then other friends host TG, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and so on. Some are big parties and some are small, and they’re not all the same group, but it feels good to have a community near by and not be alone.
Most of my life though, I didn’t have this, and for anyone who doesn’t have plans I see you and am sending you a big hug
4 years ago I settled down more and bought my home. The first person here I became friends with has a lot of family visit from LA for thanksgiving and has always invites me.
In a 2 mile radius from me are a number of good people I’ve met over time and it worked out organically that various people pick their favorite holiday to host. Ive done Halloween the past 4 years, then other friends host TG, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and so on. Some are big parties and some are small, and they’re not all the same group, but it feels good to have a community near by and not be alone.
Most of my life though, I didn’t have this, and for anyone who doesn’t have plans I see you and am sending you a big hug
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