Thanksgiving is for families—but what does that mean? We think of mom, dad, and 2.2 kids, but families are multifaceted and change over time. Think back … to ways your family has been extended, blended, and compacted. Has it evolved through (inter)marriage, divorce, death, remarriage, or adoption? Has it acquired stepchildren, exchange students, or strays—or been divided by rifts or feuds? Share your family stories forward.Start Writing
In 1994, I picked a bone with Thomas Wolfe who wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again”. I had stayed away from Detroit a long time, but at that moment, I found that it could be instructive, even therapeutic to return home. I was born at the close of 1952. Eisenhower had just been elected, we…
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