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pen of passion
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since 1999-08-11
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0 posted 2000-11-24 12:10 PM


It's thanksgiving
and I started the day giving thanks,
but when I got home, the thanks didn't last.

It was my sister who started it,
then my brother joined in,
They got me so upset, I couldn't eat
My mother said I was too thin.

I left as soon as I could
Feeling miserable inside
Why couldn't things have gone well,
Why wasn't I able to hide?

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ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
1 posted 2000-11-24 08:48 AM


I don't think you should ever have to hide but I know how you feel on such a day to have those kinds of results is disheartening. I'm glad you posted this here because it's in touch with reality and I hope you can touch them somehow with words and explain it to them......thanks for sharing...ethome
inot2B
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since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205
Arkansas
2 posted 2000-11-24 09:56 AM


I have lived through many family events as you have described. It took years to be able to say NO MORE! Now I only go to family dinners where I can stand up for myself. Let no one make you feel that you have to shrink inside yourself. Be thankful that the day is over and make plans for the Christmas holiday where you will feel at Peace.
wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22
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3 posted 2000-11-24 10:14 AM


man i absolutely know how you feel. i am an only child so i am not used to my wife's big family getting together and the squabbles that sometimes bring forth. good job bub yuh  
Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
4 posted 2000-11-24 11:57 AM


We look for so much in the tradition of a Normal Rockwell day...
come away dismayed
and then the thoughts will fill our head
of what we should be thankful for instead...

we have our health
even though we have disenchanted families
we have position
in the hearts that look at we
we have a future
in our desires that be

so this is what we're thankful for
as behind us we close that door...
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Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ





[This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 11-24-2000).]

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