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In Praise of Praise

Does your family go around the table at Thanksgiving sharing what they’re grateful for? My family has its own twist on that tradition, and we do it year-round—not just the fourth Thursday of November. It goes back to me losing the spirit of the holiday many years ago.

“This tablecloth will never do,” I’d told my husband, Kevin, as we set the table one Thanksgiving when our kids, Esther and Ron, were young. “It’s got a stain.” Kev said it didn’t matter, that I could cover the stain with my new turkey salt and pepper shakers. “But my parents will be here!” I said. They were coming from out of town, and I

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