30 years ago I moved away from the state where my extended family lives. I have an enormous extended family, and Thanksgivings were awesome. I have rarely gotten to enjoy one with them since then because of not enough time to travel. And you know what? I still get to celebrate!

If you& #39;re feeling sorry for yourself for missing ONE Thanksgiving with extended family, I don& #39;t have a lot of pity for you. How are YOU going to celebrate? You get to make your own new traditions!

I& #39;ve missed a LOT more than one Thanksgiving with my extended family. This will be my first Thanksgiving all by myself. And it& #39;s going to be an awesome day of solitude and reading and reflection and skyping and -- Thanksgiving!