I've passed over all responsibility on the upcoming holiday, all coordinating with all the branches of family mine, SO's, and my exh's. I just don't want to bother. I told my own kids figure it out I just cannot deal with it, told SO figure it out I'm not giving two flips. Why? I'm instead focused on feeding 10,000 people yep that's right I'm making sure 10,000 people get to have Thanksgiving, get warm food in their bellies, hugs, a warm place to eat and are not forgotten or alone. Our nearby community was hit by an EF4 tornado and somehow I got my dream job, disaster response dropped into my backyard. Everything else in life has been utterly put into perspective by this, classmates homeless, firefighters, police officers that I know, people I know, homeless, without their own roofs over their heads and a strangers clothes on their back, nothing else matters right now, and my family understands. No one in this community will be forgotten for a warm Thanksgiving meal.
I've been humbled and stand in awe of our community, I'm lucky. We're all lucky 100 yards this would be so much worse. Disaster care dogs hug you, did you know that they give hugs back. I'm going to hug my family, cuddle my SO and have a good cry it's been a long week.