Yvonne Abraham
What does an empty chair mean at Thanksgiving?
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Those of us who sat together a year ago and said, “I wonder where this country will be next Thanksgiving,” have arrived at a point none of us could have imagined, let alone wanted. COVID-19 has snatched at least 260,000 Americans from us — people we love: mothers, brothers, aunts, cousins, daughters, grandfathers, friends, neighbors.
They should be here with us, leaping up from those chairs to carve turkey or help with the dishes. They should be making toasts, or having heated arguments about the election. They should be cracking wise, telling worn stories, annoying siblings, embarrassing teenagers. They should be bouncing babies on their knees, or sneaking scraps to the dog. They should be parked in front of football games, or walking off too much pie.
There is no getting around those empty chairs.
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