Now that the Thanksgiving turkey leftovers have been polished off and most of us realize that Christmas is less than a month away, the retail marketing hurricane has ramped up the pressure to find the perfect gift. My house full of boys has little trouble settling on the person we appreciate most, but we struggle with what to buy. The modern marketplace is willing to sell us just about anything but thoughtfulness.

Thanksgiving affords my five boys and me the opportunity to reflect on the people we appreciate most in our lives. This year, like every year, we unanimously agree that one person makes our lives immeasurably better: Mom. We are, in fact, appreciative of a great number of people, but Mom keeps our home from devolving into a dark cave that smells of dirty laundry and various prot

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