My Newbie is Showing...Part 3

BC: THANKSGIVING

Prompt: What was your best Thanksgiving? What was your worst Thanksgiving?

As I think about this, I quickly ran through the Thanksgivings over the years and trying to find the best and worst. It is not easy. I am too content or too boring, depending on your point of view. But as always, two rise to the top.

I can't tack down the best to just one. I remember the Thanksgivings of my childhood and the best ones were with my mom's folks. When we were little, we got to sit on grandpa's lap and get whisker rubs. My mom had four girls like he did, and he liked to sit us on his lap, give us a whisker rub and then laugh as we ran squealing. Those were so much fun.

The worst stands out solitary. It was the year my 16-month-old nephew died. We lost him in August and the pain of the loss was so near the surface for Thanksgiving that year. I don't want anyone to know that kind of pain.