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"I want to say that we had a great family day on Thanksgiving but that would be stretching the truth. The day was long and one child wasn&amp;#039;t even home\u2014Josh went with Grampy, my brother and my nephew to the football game. Bobby and I envisioned spending some quality time at home with the girls but they were wild, obnoxious and bouncing off the walls. They didn&amp;#039;t want to eat, bake or watch a movie that Bobby rented for them. They didn&amp;#039;t want to read books, color, cuddle or play with their dolls or games. They just wanted to spin around in circles with the living room curtains wrapped around them while I practically went out of my mind. Later in the afternoon, Samantha woke Ariana up from her nap after only 30 minutes. When Ariana doesn&amp;#039;t get her rest, everybody is cranky. But despite a day that dragged, the night ended well. Sitting around my parents&amp;#039; dining room table at dinner, I felt that cinema-like wave of gratitude as I watched relatives of all ages digging into the pumpkin pie and catching up on each other&amp;#039;s lives. As Ariana and her cousin crawled under the dining room table in their dresses, hair hanging in their eyes, and the boy cousins ran throughout the house performing karate moves, everything felt familiar. The kids were doing what kids were probably doing in dining rooms throughout America. I remember doing the same stuff with my cousins when we were little. At the end of the day, Bobby and I can always look at each other and get a good laugh\u2014we&amp;#039;re in this together. We&amp;#039;re fortunate that we have three loving children and we feel blessed that our family is healthy. We have so much to be thankful for\u2014Julie Weingarden Dubin How did you spend your Thanksgiving and what were you particularly grateful for this year? Did your children tell you what they were grateful for? Share your thoughts and stories in Comments. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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