Thanksgiving. Fragile. Handle with Care.

I am not a doctor, a scientist or a therapist but I often hear about loss in my work as founder of Less Cancer. I too have had significant loss like so many people. I remember telling my daughter that I was never one of those individuals who knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. To which my daughter replied, "Thank God because clearly there was a bigger plan for you." I did not know exactly what she meant. She continued, "Dad, how could you ever be mystified as to what your calling was? Who could lose as many people as you have to cancer and think you should be anything but the founder of Less Cancer?" While the scenario of taking pain and putting it towards purpose sounds logical and sane, the reality is that death and loss are anything but rational and reasonable. We continue to live with that pain. Those we have loved and lost will be on our minds and in our hearts this Thanksgiving. My mother died in 1995 around Thanksgiving. Mom was a Thanksgiving person; while not a chef with family recipes, she was more of an administrator who could have a table and a meal thrown down like nobody's business. Her meals were unique because of her management style! Mom always found people that could work holidays, like Ethel who came by way of Yugoslavia and Canada. It worked out well since Ethel, as a Canadian, did not celebrate American Thanksgiving. When mom discovered that Jehovah's Witnesses did not celebrate any holiday, it was like winning the lottery. Mary, a Jehovah ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news