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Nov. 27 To the Editor:

Dear Cousins,

I have never written a holiday letter. I will turn 80 (!) in a few weeks, so we can all agree I'm overdue. And, having experienced a big loss just six months ago, the fact that I have chosen to give thanks for my first ever holiday letter may seem strange.

Forty years ago, as I was approaching my 40th birthday milestone and could anticipate my nest emptying, I reached out to a lifestyle coach named Wynne, who became a mentor and lifelong friend. Every year Wynne would send a note of profound thanks sharing how her life had been enriched that year. She is now into her eighties and is nearly blind due to a progressive degenerative ocular disease. She is still coaching, however. As her eyesight continued to fail, her son said, you may be losing your sight but you will always have vision!

What better time is there to acknowledge vision than as we look to 2020! I have always heard that hindsight is 20/20 but if we revisit the foresightedness combined with courage of those who came before us, that's 20/20 vision! When the four generations of cousins gathered at Jill's wonderful home in July, there were countless thankful moments for me. First, of course, is our mutual gratitude that our ancestors acted upon their vision more than a century ago, when violence was spreading in eastern Europe, and crossed the Atlantic to a life of unknowns. After our lunch, as we listened to the recording of my father's journey to Ellis Island, I looked around the dining table and thanked my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins for their collective visions of welcoming everyone into our family no matter his or her race, religion or creed! That was pace setting for their generations and we are all better for it. I am thankful that 20/20 vision is in our genes!

This was a difficult year but I am thankful for having had 57-plus years of marriage and for my two wonderful children who have blessed me with amazing, attentive families. And, there is deep appreciation to all of you who have participated in the collecting and documenting of our history so that future generations will always know how it all began.

I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, whatever you observe or choose not to observe and a healthy, happy 2020.

Lots of love, Linda

Linda Tober

Exeter

See more here:
So much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving - Foster's Daily Democrat

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