My Last First Thanksgiving as a Widow
Finding things to be thankful for
4 min readNov 23, 2023
Earlier this year, I was writing a piece to explain where I’d been and why I took time off from writing. Fact is, after losing both my parents in a ten-month timeframe, I poured myself into my work more than ever before. Then, after being laid off in November of ’22, I realized it was all a mistake. I had never taken the time necessary to…