Mrs.+Beall-Thanksgiving+Story

=  Thanksgiving 2008   = This Thanksgiving is going to be bittersweet. I am going to the [|beach] with many members of my family. It will be a blast.

But there will be two people who will not be there. One is my brother Sam, and the other is my son Steve. I’m not sure how it all started; but for almost all of my adult life I did not speak to my brother. Then out of the blue three years ago he reached out to me and we saw each other a few times a year. After the first few get togethers it was if there had been no time that we were friends. Last year he died suddenly, he had been ill, but no one expected him to just die. His absence will be felt next week. I’m not sure how it all started, but for most of their adult life my two sons, [|Steve and Bill] didn’t speak to each other. They still do not speak. My oldest son Bill is hosting the week at the beach and Steve; my other son is not invited. His absence will be felt next week..