“It is always exciting to be invited to a Thanksgiving like this. It’s not something a lot of other families do, most Thanksgiving’s are celebrated with people who are related by blood or at least marriage line, but we’re different. We get to be with the family that we pick. I think it makes the holiday’s way less stressful and more fun! Dealing with relatives can be hard. But we’re all family here.”5 My second dad, Oscar, when asked his opinion on our Thanksgiving.
5 Oscar [Last Name Redacted for privacy], face to face discussion with me, November 23, 2017