{"id":4386,"date":"2015-11-19T09:45:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2015-11-19T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:50:37","slug":"help-for-the-thanksgiving-awkward-family-conversations-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2015\/11\/help-for-the-thanksgiving-awkward-family-conversations-a-giveaway.html","title":{"rendered":"Help for the Thanksgiving Awkward Family Conversations – a Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Thanksgiving is one week from today. I can\u2019t wait for the turkey, the pies, the awkward family conversations\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest here, the Awkward Family \u00a0Conversations (AFCs) are the unsung heroes\u00a0holiday get-togethers. We anticipate them, plan them, and then savor the memories with tales that will be retold to future generations.<\/p>\n

Who can forget the time that Aunt Martha gave the unasked for details of her dating life, or the Thanksgiving dinner when Grandpa called you a Pinko Communist Pig and refused to let you have any more pecan pie? Ahhh\u2026.memories\u2026.<\/p>\n

Those AFCs are the ones we prep for, cramming\u00a0like it\u2019s the night before Dr Mattingly\u2019s Poly Sci final and we\u2019ve been sleeping through class most of the semester. (I wouldn\u2019t blame you, her class was hard to make it through. We did though, didn\u2019t we?) AFCs are why we come loaded for bear, and are often our excuse for slipping out early. They\u2019re the only excitement to a coma-inducing day. It\u2019s either an AFC or sitting on the couch looking through the photo albums while Aunt Jeanette tells you again about the minute details of her wedding 43 years ago as she has every. year. of. your. life.<\/p>\n

This is a good year for AFCs. We can start with the viability of Donald Trump as a candidate, segue into what should be done about the Syrian refugees, dash through the lightning\u00a0round of Vaccines \u2013 Good or Bad?, debate racial politics and whether or not the pilgrims were the good guys, and end with a nuanced discussion of eggplant emojis\u2026and that just might get you through the first course of pie.<\/p>\n

Not to worry, I\u2019m here to help. Nothing brings a family together quite like the discussion of educational choices for the younger relatives. Public school? Private? Boarding? Homeschoool? It\u2019s guaranteed to whip up some excitement and get the whole family involved \u2013 from Grandma who says \u201cI never heard of such a thing. In my day we just sent the kids to school.\u201d to your self righteous cousin who demands \u201cI suppose you think I\u2019m a bad mother because my kids are in public school?\u201d Nothing brings a family together like a rousing discussion about what to do with your children.<\/p>\n

Which is why I\u2019m happy to help!<\/p>\n

From today (Thursday Nov 19) through Monday (Nov 23), the eBook version of my book will be free on Amazon<\/a>. You can kick off that spirited discussion with \u201cSo I was reading this book\u2026\u201d and be filled with the self-confidence that comes from having skimmed through\u00a0at least one book of the subject. (Or you could actually read it. It is pretty good.) Your family will be grateful that you did.<\/p>\n

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No need to thank me. I\u2019m just happy knowing I\u2019ve done my part to save you from the horrors of a boring Thanksgiving. You\u2019re welcome, and Happy Debating!<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Turkey By Mark Miller (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/pre>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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