In memoriam.
If you’ve got a Nerf gun loving crew,
turn 10 plastic drinking cups into
turkeys that can be stacked and shot
down. Paste googly eyes on the cups.
Underneath the eyes, attach an upside
down triangle to form the beak. Pick
up a bag of colored feathers from a
craft store and hot glue a few red,
orange or yellow feathers onto the
back of each cup. Not into Nerf guns?
Use a tennis ball and play turkey
bowling with the cups instead.
The holidays can be especially
difficult for those grieving loved
ones. Look through family
photographs together, watch old
home videos or take time to tell
stories about your special someone.
After Thanksgiving dinner is packed
away, Mindy Foral, mom of two, says
one of her favorite Thanksgiving
night traditions is listening, with her
children, to a recording of The Night
Before Christmas that her late mother
had made in a Hallmark recordable
book. “It’s such an incredible treasure.
There is something about hearing the
voice of your loved one...especially of
someone who loved spending the
holidays with her grandkids,” Foral says.
Remember those on deployment.
If your spouse is deployed for military duty over the Thanksgiving
holiday, he or she will definitely be top of mind for you and your family.
After dinner, invite your family and friends to circle around the table to
make cards and write letters to your absent loved one. Mail everything in
a package. Even though your honey will receive it after the holiday,
they’ll know that they were still an important part of your day.
Freelance journalist Christa Melnyk Hines and her husband are the parents of two sons, ages 13 and 11. Every year after
the big feast, they take their two dogs and anyone else who wants to tag along for a walk through the crunchy autumn
leaves.
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