TRADITIONS

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Born a midwesterner, transplanted to the East in her teens, Kathy Kirk always loved travel, adventure, and being active. Retired from teaching Biology and Human Physiology at Boyertown Area Senior High, Kathy, a Boyertown area resident, now stays busy here in Pennsylvania, but also spends as much time as is feasible in Colorado where her daughter, son-in-law and grandkids live. Kathy notes that the skiing there isn't bad either. Along with outdoor activities, she  enjoys singing, sewing, and a bit of writing.by Kathy Kirk.   

by Kathy Kirk

-  Just when we get comfortable with them…

They change.

-  Thanksgiving at our house, the aunt’s house, our house…

We give thanks for family.

We move 1000 miles away.

New traditions must be started.

Things change.

-  We marry.

Thanksgiving at our house, food from the garden & the hunt.

Both sets of parents, brothers, sister…

We give thanks.

A new tradition, until it isn’t.

Again, it changed.

-  Our child marries.

Thanksgiving at the in-laws, at friends…

New traditions that aren’t traditional.

We give thanks.

Changing every year.

-  What then this year?

Serving others?

Going out to dinner?

We still give thanks.

Traditions change.

We still give thanks.

-  Giving THANKS is the tradition.

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