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To honor the spirit of gratitude, we asked real people to share with us their own personal stories. We'd love to publish all of the stories we heard, but we had to select just three. We hope the following simple but universal stories will lift you up and inspire you to remember the special people in your life.
Brotherly Love
Martha, an 82-year-old mother of four and grandmother of six, always looked forward to a special phone call at Thanksgiving. Her brother, Tony, who lived with his wife and children in Paris, always would call on Thanksgiving Day. It was their special time to catch up and talk for as long as they liked. One Thanksgiving while her family was in the midst of preparing dinner, Tony called right on schedule and Martha took the portable phone back to her room so that she could talk to her brother in peace and quiet. As usual, they talked for more than an hour. Finally, it was time to hang up, and Martha reluctantly said goodbye.
Just before dinner, the doorbell rang. Martha looked around the table and saw that her entire family was accounted for, so she naturally wondered who it could be. When she opened the door Martha was in for the surprise of a lifetime: Standing in the doorway was Tony, his wife, and their children.
"It was such a surprise," Martha remembers, "and it was so much like the Tony I used to know as a child. He always was so full of surprises, and he loved practical jokes. It was the best Thanksgiving gift of my life."
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