Comments on: Thanksgiving weekend highs and lows https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Mary Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30612 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:39:48 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30612 Your hosting of Thanksgiving dinner for 14 of us went better than “well.” It was great! I felt very blessed by good food and a loving family–and by the wonderful placemats, too. I treasure mine; it has a spot on the refrigerator right now!

The bad part–we brought the various diseases home with us. Wish I could have helped you when you were sick.

]]> By: Daniela https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30611 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:48:10 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30611 Laura,

I’m actually commenting on your newsletter about enjoying winter. I just wanted to let you know how much the idea of changing our thinking about our lives resonated with me. I used to feel much more stressed and frustrated until I made a conscious decision to change the way I thought about my life. If we view our life as a stressful number of chores which we need to overcome, we’ll miss many opportunities for happiness.

]]> By: PamDDO https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30610 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:27:26 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30610 Laura, I love your attitude. I also aim to tell a story that reflects the more positive side of my “mosaic” of life.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30609 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:50:24 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30609 In reply to Kristen | The Frugal Girl.

@Kristen – yes, blessedly it was quick for the little ones. They basically threw up, then slept. It seems to be taking me longer, but then again, I’m old now!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30608 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:49:42 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30608 In reply to Louisa.

@Louisa – we did all fill it out! And talked about how “greatful” we were for him too 🙂

]]> By: Kristen | The Frugal Girl https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30607 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:21:03 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30607 Ooh, the stomach bug with a houseful of small people is hard. One time all of us went down like dominoes and it was just so hard not having anyone in shape to take care of anyone else!

I always think the only good thing about the stomach bug is that it is over and gone fairly quickly (compared to, say, the pneumonia that hit my crew last Christmas!).

Hope you are 100% soon!

]]> By: Louisa https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-weekend-highs-and-lows/#comment-30606 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:59:08 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5805#comment-30606 I love the placemats! Such friendliness and initiative shown by your eight-year-old! Did that spark a multi-generational conversation about what people were “greatful” for?

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