A Thanksgiving Fiasco Has Me Feeling More Grateful Than Ever

This is how memories are made

Dessert time! — photo by the author

Everything was on schedule. Anything that could be prepped before family arriving was done. The 26-pound bird was going in the oven at 12:30 pm. The nephews would soon after peel the apples and potatoes. I’d bake the pie in the countertop oven around 1 pm, and the mashed potatoes would be kept on warm in the slow…