Sarah Howard
Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.
Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.
My husband and I are taking absolutely no chances. We are simply having our own little turkey dinner together. We may even splurge and get dressed up!
NA as Thanksgiving generally isn’t a recognised celebration over here in the UK.
In October family decided Thanksgiving and Christmas would be cancelled. Thanksgiving we have between 40-65 people, Christmas 30-45 people. Several family members have health problems, so cancelling was for the best. Stay safe!
I’m surprised there wasn’t an answer option “staying home with no additional house guests”. I guess that might be too political. Lol. I’m not taking any chances of infecting me or others. Don’t be mad at me for saying this. Happy Thanksgiving to fellow Diabetes warriors! 🙂
My family I know is concerned about me, elderly with health problems all under control but still fragile compared to the youngers, we range from 6-77 yrs of age. I appreciate it and hope to just see and talk a little, oldest grandson home from college and will keep my distance as will he.
We are keeping it as household members only, along with a laptop on the table. This will allow the usual group to have dinner ‘together’ via a Zoom video. Zoom is lifting the time limit, so we can enjoy the meal, desert, and evening together in the safety of our own homes.
My wife and I live in Georgia and most of our family lives either in Arizona or Washington state. In the past everyone has converged in Arizona for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. This year the decision was made easier by the distance. Everyone is staying in their own state. We in Georgia then made plans to have dinner with two of our dear friends (we get together a lot even during these times), but even that plan was dashed because one of the friends came in proximity to someone who had Covid last Friday and had to self-quarantine. Now it’s just my wife and myself.
Our Thanksgivings are always small anyway. Only my immediate family of 3 plus my parents or plus my husband’s brother(s). So max we have in our house is only 5-8 anyway. We won’t be doing any different this year. Just celebrating with 3 +2 and having a small meal at home.
me and my 2 dogs as usual for the past 9 months
Same as all of you, just the household family and lots of phone calls to be made. Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Cancelled the celebration with my brother and his 3 kids and 3 grandkids because his kids were not being safe and I have an 88-year young father to think about. So, my father is going to his girlfriends house 🙂 and my husband and I are not cooking. We decided to have breakfast with my father only.
We already celebrated early outside with one daughter and her husband. They brought the food. On Thanksgiving my husband and I will eat a few left overs but alone. In the past 22 of us gathered.
Just my hubbie and me. My kids aren’t following guidelines so best they don’t come. Sad ☹️
My husband and I will be going to my mother’s house and meet my brother with his two children. This has been the usual Thanksgiving scenario for years. We have been meeting each other at her house during this pandemic at least monthly without precautions as she has been needing our support.
Gonna get folks mad at me… I went to three trauma cleanups this month (deaths), as well as decontaminated several homes or offices for COVID, HIV (it’s still here), and cleaned some mold situations. Many technicians wear the complete AndromedaStrain” outfit ( protective suit, rubber gloves and boots, mechanical respirator). Imagine going to a suicide and freaking out the survivors. Twenty years ago i arrived a horrible situation and against “protocols” wore just rubber gloves , than let the parents cry on my shoulder.I We always need to protect the weakest (when Mother lived with me I used gallons of bleach: mopped with it, on doorknobs, sprayed the ventilation system…), but went out of the way to let her live as full a she could (COPD, asthma, neuropathy, cancer) and never limited her guests, activity. Tomorrow I’m going to a nephew’s house with his brother, their Mother, several GF’s, maybe a roommate or 3. I wear a mask because it’s a state ordinance but often most wear these totally incorrectly or inefficientlly, in rural areas rarely worn. Regardless of the actual health practises just like diabetes I’m going to live, enjoy family, my life. (2 of 3 doctors believe l enjoyed COVID with a 7 week flu, the 1 said a 60 year old TYPE 1 would be hospitalized on a ventilator)
Staying at home with my pup. I will see my Mom and my sisters family at Christmas
I said N/A because new restrictions prevented my family from joining me, but we were planning to wear our masks except when eating and to sit at least 6 feet apart while eating. If the weather had been nice we probably would have gone outside or at least opened the windows, too.
I’m late posting on this, since the Glu app no longer works so I don’t get prompted for the QOD. 🙁 Anyway, both Thanksgiving and Christmas will be just my husband and I. He is schedule for cataract surgery in a few weeks, plus vulnerable to respiratory infections. I’m the T1D plus giving caregiving and medical help to a very elderly aunt. I can’t take the risk of getting sick even with the flu.