Every night, my family sits down to dinner. And we say grace. I used to close my eyes in solemn prayer, but recently I've been keeping my eyes open, purposefully looking at the people that make up my life and pausing, just for a moment, on each of them in a silent blessing of acknowledgement and gratefulness. We wiggle our eyebrows at each other, wink, and sometimes even smile. I go around the table, one by one. And by the time the prayer is over, I let myself be reminded of what's … [Read more...] about Why We Gather: A Thanksgiving Challenge