Nostalgia and Anticipation: The Empty Nester's Holiday Reflections

Today’s poem is Farmers’ Market by Molly Fisk. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

In this episode, Major writes… “When I was younger, as an introverted kid, I did not value large family gatherings during holidays, especially not Thanksgiving. Now, I appreciate what I once shunned. Gather me among kinfolks. Let’s talk loudly with drinks in our hands. Let’s enjoy the bounty of family and rituals that fill us with connection and the purpose of loving each other. And when we sit down to dinner, let our blessings surround us. Let us relish joyful interactions.”

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