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ERICKSON: A season for thankfulness

In 2006, a few days before Christmas, doctors announced my wife had six months to live. She had, they said, a rare form of cancer that had spread to her lungs. There was really nothing that could be done. We had a one-year-old and I had been told my job was coming to an end the same day of the ...

Matters that Matter: Gratitude can lift us up all year long

We just celebrated Thanksgiving, which always brings up thoughts of thankfulness. But, focusing on what we’re thankful for all year can help us have a general mindset of gratitude. And that is an extremely healthy mindset to have. Research findings are pretty clear about how feelings of ...

WILLIAMS: Looking at Thanksgiving in 2025

Thanksgiving is twice blessed. It blesseth those who give and those who receive. Its origins trace back to 1621, more than four centuries ago, featuring the Plymouth colony, Pilgrims fleeing religious persecution, and the Wampanoag Native Americans who were present long before Columbus ...