Happy Thanksgiving! - Page 2

Undertoad · 11-22-2012, 08:25 AM

Really awesome Choc and thanks for sharing it with all of us!

jimhelm · 11-22-2012, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I was just thinking about you jim.

What was I wearing?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-22-2012, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Chocolatl

While I didn't understand the mechanics of gift giving, I did understand the inherent joy of giving someone you love something that you think will make them happy.

Later you find out it doesn't have to be someone you love, to make you happy.

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But even more memorable? Seeing my student -- a scrappy Hispanic kid who didn't know how to wrap gifts -- lean over to his friends and whisper with tears in his eyes, "That's the girl I shopped for! She likes it!"

You gave that "scrappy Hispanic kid" the bestest gift of all, the knowlege of how to make himself happy.

Thanks for the story and the great work you do.

Trilby · 11-23-2012, 05:58 AM

yeah, that def. is gratitude up close and personal.

made me tear up, too.

I never ONCE thought that a kid might not know HOW to wrap a gift b/c they'd never gotten one or given one. I have been showered by the Universe with gifts of all sorts. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story.

Chocolatl · 11-23-2012, 10:15 AM

Glad I was able to share it with you guys.

At our school, on the rare occasion the kids give each other gifts they are usually wrapped in the store's shopping bag -- to "prove" that the gift is A) new and B) paid for.

Working there makes me feel like an anthropologist. Totally different worldview.

Kitsune · 11-23-2012, 09:42 PM

First Thanksgiving with a truly full house: Four adults, two visiting children (ages 6 and 4), the offspring at 3 months of age, and two dogs. Order and sanity departed just in time for dinner to be served. A tryptophan miracle -- delicious food kept stress in check, for the most part.

Thank you, inventor of children's animated movies on DVD.

BigV · 11-25-2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

What was I wearing?

It doesn't matter, it was just the two of us.

Lamplighter · 11-25-2012, 03:35 PM

Thanksgiving left-overs are officially done.
... my wife has already made a year's supply of turkey broth,
and now is working on tonight's meal of "turkey-wiggle"

Chocolatl · 11-25-2012, 04:17 PM

I have to know -- what is turkey wiggle?

Lamplighter · 11-25-2012, 05:20 PM

"tuna casserole" in our house is "tuna wiggle"

Chocolatl · 11-25-2012, 06:17 PM

I was imagining some kind of aspic monstrosity. Casserole, on the other hand, sounds pretty good.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-25-2012, 10:08 PM

Thanksgiving leftovers are no problem, just use them to bake bread.

11-23-2012, 05:58 AM	#19
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	yeah, that def. is gratitude up close and personal. made me tear up, too. I never ONCE thought that a kid might not know HOW to wrap a gift b/c they'd never gotten one or given one. I have been showered by the Universe with gifts of all sorts. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-25-2012, 10:08 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanksgiving leftovers are no problem, just use them to bake bread. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-22-2012, 08:25 AM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Really awesome Choc and thanks for sharing it with all of us!

11-23-2012, 10:15 AM	#20
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Glad I was able to share it with you guys. At our school, on the rare occasion the kids give each other gifts they are usually wrapped in the store's shopping bag -- to "prove" that the gift is A) new and B) paid for. Working there makes me feel like an anthropologist. Totally different worldview.

11-23-2012, 09:42 PM	#21
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	First Thanksgiving with a truly full house: Four adults, two visiting children (ages 6 and 4), the offspring at 3 months of age, and two dogs. Order and sanity departed just in time for dinner to be served. A tryptophan miracle -- delicious food kept stress in check, for the most part. Thank you, inventor of children's animated movies on DVD.

11-25-2012, 03:35 PM	#23
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Thanksgiving left-overs are officially done. ... my wife has already made a year's supply of turkey broth, and now is working on tonight's meal of "turkey-wiggle"

11-25-2012, 04:17 PM	#24
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I have to know -- what is turkey wiggle?

11-25-2012, 05:20 PM	#25
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	"tuna casserole" in our house is "tuna wiggle"

11-25-2012, 06:17 PM	#26
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I was imagining some kind of aspic monstrosity. Casserole, on the other hand, sounds pretty good.

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