Get the feedA Craigslist thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov 27th 2008
Here I am, up a bit before my family, enjoying a hot cup of coffee and bracing for turkey and days upon days of "quality family time" when I saw this article:
This time last year, Monique White was living in a motel and looking for work, wishing for the bustling Thanksgivings of her childhood.
This year, White's holiday wish will be fulfilled -- thanks to an impromptu Craigslist posting.
The 36-year-old posted a two-sentence invite on the Internet classifieds site last week. The receptionist at a dentist's office was feeling a little lonely, her two sons spending the holiday with their dad, so she figured maybe four or five strangers would reply and join her and longtime partner Doug White for Thanksgiving dinner.
Instead, 32 people are headed to their Littleton townhouse. They're busy preparing nine turkeys, four hams, 16 boxes of stuffing and a dozen or so pies.
The Whites say they've been blessed.
They're both working and have bought a home. They say the dinner is their way of giving thanks for their changed lives.
May your family also capture this charitable, gracious spirit of Thanksgiving and perhaps pause amidst an economic downturn to appreciate hard work, changed lives, and a country where stories like this are still very possible.
Happy Thanksgiving!
(And if you aren't touched by the Craigslist posting, then at the very least you can be thankful you don't need to be on watch for people pocketing your silverware during your meal today...)
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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