Full of Turkey, but Made of Stars

How to approach the holidays with people you may disagree with and (potentially) engage in political conversation without losing your mind or your family

The room was disorienting in its blackness, the kind of darkness where you’re unsure if you’ve even opened your eyes after waking. Then warm yellow shimmering lights began to appear—they gathered to create a tall human-like form in front of me and a second shorter one to my right. I held out my hand in front of my face and, where bones and skin and nail…