This Year We Learned to Re-Evaluate the Meaning of Family

I knew I would miss going home for the holiday. What I didn’t expect was the relief.

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This year, for the first time ever, I didn’t go home for Thanksgiving. I didn’t brave the overnight Amtrak and subject myself to the germs of hundreds of travelers; didn’t wake up in the Cleveland suburbs to watch the parade…