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Gratitude and grief; would you pass the pumpkin pie?
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Gratitude and grief; would you pass the pumpkin pie?

A poem on this Canadian Thanksgiving

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Andrew Kooman
Oct 10, 2022
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Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm starting a new health regime, it's called the “all-pie, all the time” diet. It should be a hit! Anyone in?

The weekend is extra special because Thanksgiving falls exactly on my son Will's birthday. He was born six years ago. The nurses gave him a pumpkin toque and dear friends brought us a full Thanksgiving dinner in the hospital. …

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