Thanksgiving Thoughts

According to Instagram in addition to Facebook it looks similar everyone stuffed themselves in addition to had a practiced fourth dimension amongst family!

I was thinking yesterday how blessed I am to convey siblings.  As you lot acquire older you think close beingness solitary to a greater extent than in addition to more.  My parents are gone in addition to convey been for over xx years.  I cry upwardly when my Mom was dying.....she told all four of us that nosotros postulate to stick together.  No affair what.

We mightiness disagree close things simply nosotros are all nosotros convey now.  I think I convey blogged close this earlier simply I was in addition to hence lucky to have Eleanor "Sis" Crawford Jackson every bit my Mom.  She taught me close existent dearest in addition to forgiveness.

  

She had to forgive herself for doing something that goes against her really core.  Give upwardly a nestling for adoption.....which nosotros learned close after her death.

The facts are form of fuzzy every bit it was a huge hush-hush in addition to most of her menage unit of measurement is gone.  The details aren't actually that of import simply she did endeavor to tell us during the final few days of her life nevertheless I think she was still afraid to share..... having kept the hush-hush for over 50 years.  We aren't fifty-fifty certain my Dad knew.

After giving upwardly her nestling she moved to San Antonio, Texas in addition to met my Dad.  They were married inside a span of weeks in addition to I was born ix months later.  The pic inwards a higher house defines their relationship....I believe they were meant to last together.....for 45 years until he died of a pump assault at 63.

About a yr or in addition to hence agone my sis got an e-mail from our brother.  He is a few years older that I am........was adopted in addition to had a corking life.  He came to Atlanta for a visit.  

I think he wanted to know what his biological Mom was similar in addition to perchance convey closure on his move close why she gave him up.  We all answered every bit many questions every bit nosotros could to assist peace together the story.

All of this today is because I was listening to a podcast....Armchair Expert amongst Dax Sheppard.

His invitee was Gordon Keith [who I had non heard of] simply the 2 of them are pretty darn funny together!  Dax was talking close his Dad who he was estranged from until close the final few months of his life.  He talked close resentment in addition to asset a grudge....to never brand peace because you are determined to WIN.  

I know friends who are estranged from a parent....or a nestling because they experience they convey been wronged simply I don't think that has to last your identity.  There are many times I convey felt victimized in life simply I don't desire it to define me  because being correct is non that of import inwards the end. 

You know similar "you'll demo them"  "when I transcend away they volition last sorry".....I form of think you lot are the 1 who volition last sorry. 

I tin honestly nation that in that place is NOTHING whatever of my menage unit of measurement could create that I would non forgive.

Whoa...enough preaching.

My sis had us over for dinner since my blood brother stayed amongst his menage unit of measurement inwards Hilton Head in addition to my other sis was inwards California having dinner amongst her woman nurture inwards police who is 98, silent drives, pays her ain bills in addition to walks 2 miles a day!

I was in addition to hence thankful to convey a sis that owns a eating theater [so I did non convey to cook....].

We came dwelling in addition to finished upwardly Netflix Narcos Mexico.

Quiet times.

Shayreflecting

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