ALT-2 Thanksgiving Fantasies Versus Realities

From 3arf

Let's set Christmas aside for a second. With that done, Thanksgiving is probably the warmest, coziest, and fuzziest of the remaining holidays. It is a time to be with loved ones, and perhaps to be IN love, and I have many fond memories of this day in my history. From childhood, it was a chance to go deer hunting, and as I grew up Thanksgiving was a time for seeing friends and relatives whom I hadn't seen for months or years. Every year, somebody different turned up at the table. It was the best of times.

At this moment, I am pretty much my own entity. Life is good, and I'm truly enjoying having a day off to catch up with a number of things. My family is 140 miles away, and it's a bit too much of a haul for a one-day over-and-back trip. Ten years ago, I would have hopped in the car and not given it a second thought. Nowadays, not so much. I think back on my first Thanksgiving with my then wife, and there are many good memories. They are not a part of any present fantasy; they are more of a past reality: something that I hope to regain with somebody new just a few miles down life's road.

My reality at this moment is that I have numerous friends who invited me to have Thanksgiving dinner with their families. Who wouldn't be thankful for that? The reality is that events such as these are always awkward at best. For example, there is always a child who kind of points over and asks, "Who's that?" Children will be children, and you have to love them, but I dealt with that last year and said (to myself) "Never again."

My fantasies have a really good chance of being reality next year. I have recently crossed paths with somebody who was very important to me in a bygone era, and our long conversations are filled with intrigue and a willingness by each of us to try again. It's an odd, beautiful feeling that is hard to explain. Likewise, it appears that my "day off" may fall in conjunction with the holiday next year. This has been a good Thanksgiving, but the intervention of fate has left the possibilities open for a much better one next year. Life is good, and I think it's about to take a turn for the better.

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