Every year, Thanksgiving pulls me into a familiar pause. Not just because of the food, the long-awaited reunions, or the ritual of laughing with family until we cry and feel the pain in our stomachs, but because even with everything going on around me, this season naturally invites to quietly check in about everything going on within me. What am  I thankful for? What has shaped me, sustained me, stretched me this year? As a Black man navigating the world and as a therapist w