Sigma Nu would like to ensure that we have your most current information. Please click below to update your information. Talkin Turkey I had a brilliant column planned for this month. It was going to be a tribute to Thanksgiving - an article that would inspire you to express an attitude of gratitude toward others and for all things good and bad that you have experienced over this past year. I wrote several different drafts of said masterpiece. Yet each one was received with a shrug or yawn. One friend read the piece and said, "There's no meat to it." So I rewrote and rewrote. Here's what I finally came up with for you to chew on. . . Things are different from when we were younger. Have you noticed that your usual anticipation of this time of year has turned into something more like anxiety? There are gatherings to host (or attend), and the list of people to acknowledge has grown, too: family, the significant other's family, pre-college friends, college friends, post-college friends, colleagues, neighbors, etc. Overwhelming is an understatement. But I choose this chaos. I choose to say yes to all the gatherings, not to mention hosting one of my own. I choose to write a personal note inside each thank you card I address. I choose to do these things because they're important. Because I know that watching football alongside my unstable uncle, although seemingly obligatory and more than a little lame, are blessings. These peculiar people and assortment of activities are what nourish my spirit. And I'm grateful. To whom do I offer my thanksgiving? Or am I even thankful? It shouldn't be this way, but it is. This Thanksgiving, when asked what you're thankful for, don't recite the same drivel you've given every year. Really reflect on the question and answer from the heart. That's how to get at the "meat" of thanksgiving. Here are 8 meaty things I recommend you consider this Thanksgiving season:   8. This month, savor the flavor by slowing things down a bit.   7. Take the necessary steps to deepen your attitude of gratitude for life.   6. Attend one or two gatherings, not all of them.   5. Serve someone in need.   4. Offer to do service work.   3. Say thank you.   2. Stop just going through the motions of this Thanksgiving holiday and remember what it's really all about.   1. Feed your hungry soul.