The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection.

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when

The Thanksgiving meal should not be treated as a grad school exam or an Olympic dive. Whatever you cook will be good enough - unless you make that Twinkie turkey stuffing we're suddenly hearing too much about.

In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection.

Getting out of the house is the secret to staying alert through the droning hours leading up to the big meal, even if you don't go farther than 7-Eleven for another six-pack.

Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.