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"Jennie Garth (formerly of 90210) and her soon-to-be-ex-husband Peter Facinelli (of Twilight fame) are back in the news this week. They&amp;#039;re still working through the details of their split and custody arrangements, and this holiday, they&amp;#039;ll be with their Dad as Jennie faces Thanksgiving alone.  I&amp;#039;m coming up on my third Thanksgiving without family around me, and my heart goes out to her. I hope she has other family she can go to, friends she can hang with and a good support structure around her. You tell yourself at first that you&amp;#039;re fine with all of it, that it&amp;#039;ll be no big deal. But it is a big deal. At a time when all of America is gathering their family about them, you&amp;#039;re sitting there with empty arms and it&amp;#039;s certainly not because you wanted it to be that way. To add to the sadness for Jennie, her husband was recently seen out and about with his much younger girlfriend, a woman he met on set while he was still together with his wife. She&amp;#039;s handling it all without comment and keeping her chin high, which I commend her for. Her daughters are lucky to have a Hollywood star Mom who isn&amp;#039;t a drama queen and understands the need for privacy where her kids are concerned. This year, my kids will be with their father for the holiday, but instead of traveling down to be with his family, Peter and Stacie are hosting dinner at their beautiful new house and the family will be there sharing the day with them. It&amp;#039;s not as devastating as it was my first alone Thanksgiving, but I&amp;#039;d be lying if I said it didn&amp;#039;t twinge a bit. There will always be a bit of sadness there for what I&amp;#039;ve lost. Worse, for what I feel was taken from me. But the upside is I&amp;#039;ve had wonderful Thanksgivings with friends, met terrific people at their tables, and never been in want of a meal or warm welcome. I have good people in my life, and they&amp;#039;ve made all of this so much easier.  How did your friends and family help you through the holidays? Are some holidays worse than others for you? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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