My parents are foster parents and they took in an actual autistic child for a a couple weeks while his grandma , who he was living with , got through some medical issues . Well they invited him and his grandma to dinner today and when we all went around and said something we were thankful for , his grandma went on about how nice it was to be invited and how it was the nicest Thanksgiving they had had in a long time . She talked about how she had never met such a caring family and how much she appreciated my parents taking care of her grandson . It felt nice to include people who aren ' t as fortunate and to provide a meal they likely wouldn ' t have gotten otherwise . I know that in the future I am going to include those who don ' t have much during the holidays . Sometimes having someone in your life that makes those small gestures means more to them than you would ever imagine . Edit I got my flair !