This Thanksgiving for us was not a "normal" Thanksgiving. Our family usually gathers at a family member's house and we share a traditional Thanksgiving complete with the turkey-stuffing and pumpkin pie meal. Makes me hungry just thinking about it! This year things were different.
My Mother became ill the Tuesday of conferences and had to go to the emergency room. She was eventually admitted to the hospital. Since this is a very public blog, I will respect her privacy and keep details to myself. I will just say she is still in the hospital and recovering. At the time of this writing, she is still in the hospital. I hope she will be strong enough to come home soon.
I was wanting to use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to write something in your blog. I have to have a theme and I still want you to do so. Anything you write about any Thanksgiving experience will suffice. But, this experience gives me the opportunity to show how many people use blogs to keep people they know updated about personal information such as a loved one's physical condition during a hospital stay. Rather than having to make dozens of phone calls or even emails, people will take advantage of a blog by putting the information online and sending just one mass email with the link to the blog. They can even make the blog private just allowing only people they invite to read it. It just depends on the situation.
So, this is my "Thanksgiving story". Just a quick note about my Mom and some information about how a blog can be used as a tool to simplify your life. Remember... your post for today can be anything about any Thanksgiving you want. You can even make up one for fun!
Mr. A
