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3 Thanksgiving Mornings to Remember WHAT I LEARNED WATCHING THE MACY’S PARADE IN PERSON
If you tuned in to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade 40 years ago, you might have seen me as a tiny speck on your TV screen. I grew up in New York City not far from the parade route down Sixth Avenue, so I had the opportunity to enjoy it in person three times. The first time, my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I ventured down to the parade route on a frigid Thanksgiving Day. We wanted to stand right in front of Macy’s but discovered we needed special tickets. So, we ended up a block away. I vividly remember our place in the crowd right behind a young woman with an enormous head of hair. We could hardly move for 3 hours! We expected to have a fantastic view of the parade, and we did. We did not expect every band and float to fall silent when it reached us. Apparently, at that particular corner their music would interfere with the sound on TV. We definitely were not ready for all that hair! On our next parade trip, we made the smart decision to stay in a hotel on 56th Street just a block away from the route. I had so fully embraced the Thanksgiving Spirit; the air itself felt
charged. With my wife, mom, dad, brother and sister-in-law and our young children, we arrived early and had the good fortune to be able to take breaks inside the hotel to warm up during the parade. I’ll never forget chasing Santa Claus down the middle of the street in Times Square with my son and nieces at the end of the parade! The third time I watched the parade was in 2008. It was pouring rain, and Miley Cyrus was the grand marshall! My family and I watched the giant, wet floats pass by from a dry spot under the awning of the Ed Sullivan Theater. It was almost more magical to see all of the performers soaked and shining. None of my Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade experiences were perfect. Yet I still remember them as some of the best times of my life because I purposefully chose to focus on the good rather than the bad — and I think that is the true message of Thanksgiving. Even though there is a lot of division and fear in the world, there is a lot of wonder too. It is up to us to seek out that wonder and share our gratitude for it. Like the people who sat down at the first Thanksgiving table, we can come together and celebrate our blessings despite our differences. This Thanksgiving, I am celebrating my family, my friends, and the fact that our firm has been blessed with 30 years in business. I am thankful for our clients and partners, and for the country we live in that has made my work possible. In that spirit, I asked my team to share their favorite Thanksgiving
memories and things they feel thankful for. Here are a few of their responses.
“My favorite Thanksgiving memory is going out to my great-grandma’s house in Boggstown, Indiana, throughout my childhood. I come from a large family. All of my great-aunts and my grandma would make enough homemade desserts to line a 6-foot- long counter. We would always end the night with a 10-plus player card game.” –Lisa Rolinson, Manager “When I was a child, my family moved to the United States from England. On Thanksgiving, since we had no family here, we would always get together with other English families to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Over the years, these people became family, so we celebrated other life events and the lives of those we lost together. I will forever be thankful for my English family.” –Ruth Olive, Business Transaction Coordinator/Estate Administrator “A few Thanksgivings ago I traveled with my family to North Carolina to visit my pregnant sister and her husband. On that trip I found out I was going to have a nephew!” –Tori Bogema, Estate Planning Coordinator Wishing you a healthy and happy holiday season, – Brian Eagle
“Even though there is a lot of division and fear in the world, there is a lot of wonder too. It is up to us to seek out that wonder and share our gratitude for it.”
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THANKSGIVING IS ABOUT MORE THAN FOOD
It’s About Showing Gratitude
Celebrate your challenges. Sometimes struggles and battles in our lives can weigh us down. But when you persevere and continue to push forward, you will find success. Challenges help you improve your abilities and resilience, so celebrate the progress you’ve made. Showing gratitude for challenges and negative experiences allows us to acknowledge humility and appreciate growth in our lives.
As we prepare for our Thanksgiving feasts, Thursday night football games, and Black Friday shopping, take some time to show gratitude for those around you and for what you have. Here are a few ways to practice gratitude this month.
Appreciate everything. Get into the habit of being grateful for the little things in your life. It can be easy to acknowledge the “big” things, but nothing is too small to be thankful for. You can be grateful the weather is nice and sunny, that you received the package you’ve been waiting for, or that you got out of bed today. Don’t leave out anything when practicing gratitude. Practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present and aware of what’s happening around you. So, instead of being
Keep a journal. Writing down the things you’re grateful for will remind you of all the great things you have when other things aren’t going so well. So, keep a journal about what you’re grateful for each day or week — even if it’s just small things at first. Your perspective on life will change, and it will get easier to see the good things and to feel grateful for things you were likely overlooking.
overwhelmed by what you need to do tomorrow or next week, focus on the present moment and enjoy the time you spend solo or with your loved ones. Live in the moment and take one day at a time. Tomorrow will surely come, and you only have a limited amount of time in the present.
Showing gratitude is something we should do every day, all throughout the year — not just during the holidays. So, try to practice mindfulness and gratitude using these tips! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Let’s Go Team USA!
JOIN BRIAN IN WATCHING THE FIFA MEN’S WORLD CUP
You would never know it to look at him, but Eagle & Fein Managing Attorney Brian Eagle is a HUGE soccer fan. He cheers on the Indiana University Men’s Soccer Team, the Columbus Crew and Chelsea, and every four years he carves out time in his schedule to attend as much of the month-long FIFA Men’s World Cup tournament as he can. He has attended each World Cup from 2006-2018 as he has traveled the world watching soccer. Since the event moved from June/July to November/December, he will not be travelling to Qatar but will be cheering on the U.S. from home as the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 2014! If you are not a soccer fan, you can think of the World Cup as the international Super Bowl of soccer. FIFA, the international soccer governing body, hosted the first men’s tournament in Uruguay in 1930, and the Uruguayan team took first place followed by Argentina in second and the U.S. in third. Every four years since that first competition, 32 of the best men’s teams from around the world — made up of players based on their nationality — have faced off in the hopes of winning millions of dollars in prize money. In 1991, FIFA added a complementary Women’s World Cup tournament, which is also held every four years, although on different years than the Men’s World Cup.
(they won in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), but the Men’s National Soccer Team has never won a World Cup. Last World Cup, they didn’t even make the cut of 32 teams — but this time is different! In March, they qualified for one of the 32 slots at the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying event. Someday, perhaps the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team can bring home the Cup. This year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup kicks off on Nov. 20, and is set to last 28 days. The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team is playing on Nov. 25 (Black Friday) at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. They will face off against England in what should be an incredibly exciting and competitive match. Brian will tune in, and you can join him by watching on FOX or Telemundo. U.S.A., U.S.A.!!
Competition to make it to the World Cup is fierce, and winning is even harder. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has a great World Cup track record
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Help Your Teen Find Their Passion
WITH THESE 3 IDEAS
If you’re a parent of a high school student, you’ve probably thought about their future. Over the next few years, they are going to make some very important decisions, and as their parent, you want everything to go as smoothly as possible. Whether your child is planning to go to college, attend trade school, enter the workforce, or take some other path, you hope they eventually find a fulfilling career. If they choose college, then you know it will be expensive. And, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, 80% of college students change their major at some point in their college career, which can make it even more expensive. Helping your child cultivate their passion early may help them to be more focused on a single major if they choose to attend college. Here are three things you can do to help them make the best decisions about which path to take in college, or in whatever option they choose. Encourage them to try various activities. Your child may never discover their true passion if they aren’t exposed to a variety of activities. This should start at a young age and continue as they get older. Encourage your child to join different clubs at their school, volunteer at charitable organizations, learn music, and play sports. By trying many different activities, they may find one that aligns with their interests, which could point them toward a fulfilling career. Introduce your child to a wide variety of people. Have your child meet with friends and family with varying backgrounds and careers. Encourage conversations about what led them to their career and what they enjoy about it. When you find an individual whose career or background interests your child, that person could become a mentor and guide them down the right path. Help them get some work experience. If your child already thinks they know what they want to do in life, help them find a job in that field. It could be a part-time job or just volunteer work, but seeing how the profession operates firsthand will provide them with valuable information. They could decide the career they were considering is not for them and pursue other interests instead.
If you’re feeling old- fashioned, treat yourself to this warm and bubbly dish. Nothing says Thanksgiving quite like a classic apple recipe.
INGREDIENTS
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3 cups peeled and chopped tart apples 1 1/2 cups cranberries 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided
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1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup butter, cold Vanilla ice cream (optional)
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1 tbsp lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 F. 2. In a large bowl, combine apples, cranberries, 1/4 cup brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon. 3. Grease an 8-inch baking dish and pour the mixture into it. 4. In a small bowl, mix flour and the remaining brown sugar. Cut in cold butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle this over the fruit. 5. Bake uncovered for 25–30 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the filling is bubbly. If desired, serve with vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
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A Life Lesson from the Macy’s Parade INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1. 2. It’s National Gratitude Month!
Brian’s Favorite Event Every Four Years
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3 Ideas to Help Your Teen Cultivate Their Passion
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Thank You to All Who Donated
We can still hardly believe it: Your donations helped us raise more than $53,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association this year! We are proud to announce that we blew our “$30,000 for 30 Years” goal out of the water. This is the best 30-year anniversary gift our team could ask for. The generosity of our clients and colleagues is truly second to none. If you attended our firm’s Talk to End Alzheimer’s in August, joined us for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s in October, or made a donation, we cannot thank you enough for your support. When we embarked on this fundraising quest, we wanted to raise awareness of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s and further the Alzheimer’s Association’s efforts to find a cure. The cure isn’t here quite yet, but reaching that goal is well underway. Currently, over 110,000 Hoosiers are living with Alzheimer’s, and there are thousands of caregivers also affected by the disease. If you donated to the cause this year, your generosity will aid in advancing the Alzheimer’s Association’s care, support, and research efforts for all of those people. Thanks to you, the association can continue to support patients and their families. We are already looking ahead to next year’s event, and the future is bright! In 2023 we will continue our fundraising efforts to help more Hoosiers and others around the country with Alzheimer’s. If you donated or walked this year, we hope to see you on the front lines again.
YOU HELPED US RAISE OVER $50,000!
Remember: Alzheimer’s is all around us — but the power to stop it is within us.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
– The Eagle & Fein Team
THANK YOU
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