I spent 6 hours cooking Thanksgiving dinner. At 7 pm, my son arrived with 6 guests from my daughter-in-law’s family. They sat down like they owned my home. My DIL said, “Would you mind eating in the kitchen, Dad?” I just smiled and walked into the kitchen… what I did next had everyone screaming. – usnews

I cooked the Thanksgiving dinner.

I set the table and I still had to walk back into my own kitchen before I could take back my own chair.

Do not wait as long as I did.

Not because patience is wrong.

Patience is not wrong.

But because there is a difference between patience and absorption, between giving a person room and giving them everything while you are still standing in it.

See it clearly.

Move when you are ready.

And make sure the people who earned a place at your table, know that their place is waiting for them.

If any part of this felt familiar, you are not alone.

And if it moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it.