There are many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Specifically, I have many things for which to be thankful.
However, I didn't want to start out this column with "I," because some experts say one shouldn't do that. They say it immediately turns the reader off, as it makes the writer seem arrogant and self-obsessed.
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