Thanksgiving Holidays

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The Thanksgiving holidays are frequently a difficult time.  On a personal level, family members come together from both a place of love and of obligation.  For separated and divorced families, the incorporation of Thanksgiving into a parenting schedule can be a particularly complicated issue.  On a political level, the American principles of immigration and assimilation crash directly into the historical origins of the holiday in European colonization and cultural violence.  It can be a very rough time, indeed.

Personally, I like to hang up my thinking cap for the weekend and eat some spectacularly good food.  The office will be closed for Thursday and Friday - Thursday for dinner, Friday for digestion - but I will be checking email and texts (which can be sent to the office phone number, 617-564-3823) on Friday and over the weekend in case any emergencies arise.  I hope that my readers can be push aside their stressors emphasize the enjoyment of the positive aspects of your lives.  Happy Thanksgiving!