Well…as you know, I read a lot and one of the sites that I read the most is DailyKos since it has like minded people there from the more progressive side of the country…but, this one is not about the politics that I write about a lot but it is about the real pain that has been coming through a lot of the writing there over the past few days. One of the best parts of the site is the fact that, while they do have some paid writers there, a lot of the content comes from what is called the community…and any member is encouraged to add his two cents on any topic they choose…and this time of the year, there are a lot of people who are living through loss and loneliness…and are having such a hard time dealing with the change in their lives that comes with the death of a parent or estrangement from family that it is heartbreaking to read. But I do read some of them and comment when I think I have something to say that might help…and with that reading, a revelation has come to me that I am pretty lucky…I don’t see my family a lot and my kids spend the holidays with their inlaws…but I don’t feel the loneliness that other people feel and I realize that loss is part of life and have been fortunate to be able to let that go as just that…part of life that we all have to deal with in our own way. A few years back, I had quite a few friends who didn’t have any place to be on Thanksgiving so I would cook a huge turkey and invite them all over for the “Orphan’s Thanksgiving” and we would eat and laugh and drink a lot of wine…but, things have changed with many of them having their own families and new traditions but I still cook the huge turkey by myself and for myself and I still consider myself to be really lucky to still be able to do it and not be sad about being alone….I just wish that the posters at Kos could find some of the peace that I have…and find some little reason to smile that will lift the veil of depression for just a shining little while….