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Thanksgiving Fail

Richard Jude
2 min readNov 24, 2020

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‘T’ is for all the trouble that you will go through to survive Thanksgiving with at least one person at the table you can’t stand but you must smile and hope you figure out a way to survive the two hours for all the others at the table that you love.

‘H’ is for the happiness you will bring to one or more of those present at this probably deeply flawed event because you came and smiled to honor them.

‘A’ is the attitude of thankfulness that is the only thing to focus on, so as not to focus on the shit in your life that is hard to be thankful for…

‘N’ is for not saying what you are really thinking to keep the knives on the table.

‘K’ is kernel of truth that sometimes comes from our most obnoxious family member.

‘S’ is for the salad you don’t want to eat but Aunt…

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Richard Jude
Richard Jude

Written by Richard Jude

I have been a part time filmmaker, writer and care giver…I’m not sure which I have learned the most from, but I learn the most from kind people

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