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Show LETTER FROM THE EDITOR WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR THIS YEAR? Call me whatever you want, but I don't like turkey, stuffing usually freaks me out, and I don't like watching parades or football games. The best part of Thanksgiving to me is something I can get any time of the year, and that's time with my family. Some of our stories talk about that, particularly "The subjectivity of Thanksgiving." You don't need turkey and Macy's parade to make the day meaningful. One of my favorite stories was from a mother who, like many out there, worked hard in the kitchen every year to make sure her family got a proper Thanksgiving dinner. It was when she was inside stuffing a turkey and watching her kids out the window playing outside with their dad that she realized it didn't matter. That her family would rather spend time with her. Maybe that's a lesson in motherhood, but I took it as a lesson in putting things and traditions over people. I'll attend a Thanksgiving dinner this year, and I'll bring my cranberry sauce, but I'll probably flop down on the couch and talk to the people I'm grateful for. We probably won't get philosophical about our blessings or our gratitude. We'll probably be rowdy and irreverent. But I'll enjoy that much more than the meal (which will probably be forgotten) and my dad's football game (which will probably be ignored), and we'll welcome the holiday season in a way that fits the meaning. PHOTOG RAPHYC ELES TE THO LEN ROS ENLO F I'M NOT A FAN OF THANKSGIVING I'M GRATEFUL FOR THREE LITTLE BABIES THAT I GET TO SNUGGLE WITH EVERY NIGHT AND KISS EVERY MORNING. ANDREA WHATCOTT CHANCES TO GROW. SIERRA WILSON ROOMMATES THAT TEACH ME TO BE TRENDY SO I DON'T SUCK. I'M STILL ALIVE! FAITH HEATON JEFF JACOBSEN BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW @GILBERTCISNEROS ON TWITTER, AND "SKYRIM." RAINDROPS ON ROSES AND WHISKERS ON KITTENS, BRIGHT COPPER KETTLES AND WARM WOOLEN MITTENS. JAROM MOORE VANESSA PERKINS I'M GRATEFUL FOR @GILBERTCISNEROS. APPLE PIE AND ICE CREAM, COLORFUL SUNSETS, OLD DUSTY BOOKS AND HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS. JOHN-ROSS BOYCE CLARK GOLDSBERRY I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY PARENTS, REX AND CAMILLE CANNON, FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR. Happy Thanksgiving. KELLY CANNON I'M GRATEFUL FOR FRISKY FALL WINDS. CHRISTINA RUTH UTAH SUNSETS. MY PARENTS TEACHING ME HOW TO BE ME. ELYSE TAYLOR CELESTE THOLEN THOLEN ROSENLOF YOGA PANTS. The V Magazine Editor @vmagazineeditor vmagazine.editor@gmail.com STAFF 2 I ■■■■■■ THE V MAGAZINE MATHEW A. JONASSAINT I'M GRATEFUL FOR TWITTER. FOLLOW ME 0 GILBERTCISNEROS. CORTNEY NELSON GILBERT CISNEROS EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR CELESTE THOLEN ROSENLOF CLARK GOLDSBERRY DESIGNER ELYSE TAYLOR FRONT COVER CELESTE THOLEN ROSENLOF |