Thanksgiving 2021 was so boring for me. I didn’t get to spend much time with my daughter. She came home from college and on Thanksgiving she went and spent time with her dad. Now was I a little upset yes but then again no because I know Thanksgiving with my family has not been the same in years. Ever since my grandparents passed my family hasn’t had a big Thanksgiving dinner. Sure, you have people that invite you over but who wants to have to pick and choose which house to go to and then hear about it later that you went to this person house instead of that person house. So, since Niyah is the only child and almost an adult, I let her choose where she wants to have Thanksgiving. My goal and job in life as a parent is it to keep my daughter happy. As long as it’s within reason. Now that it’s a day before she goes back to school, I still have yet spent any time with Niyah. She is at the mall as I am writing this with her friends and we are leaving first thing in the morning to take her back. Should I be upset? I honestly don’t know. I know I am a helicopter parent in a way but I don’t want her to think that she has to stay with me all the time and that I have to know her every move. It’s all about trust and trying to keep communication with me open. I feel that if you can’t communicate with your child and keep it real with your child then the tightness of the relationship might slip away.