Thanksgiving at the Edge of the Abyss

Reflections on Loss, Chaos, and Gratitude in a World Gone Mad

This Thanksgiving marks the first I've spent without my wife since the age of 22. It's a new, uncharted territory for me, a journey I never anticipated embarking on. It's got me pondering, peering over the edge into the abyss of the human condition.

We, the madcap inhabitants of Earth, seem perched on the brink of chaos. Wars rage in Ukraine, and new con…