Another Time

It wasn’t exactly your ordinary Thanksgiving Day. I set the alarm for 6:15 a.m. A good time to get up to start preparing a Thanksgiving Day feast – but I was only doing part of the cooking this year. Still, sometimes plans change.

The first plan had me doing cranberry relish, sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, and pies. I made the relish Tuesday. (It’s best after resting at least 24 hours.) Then a friend delivered a pumpkin pie to my in-laws. One less pie to make; I was good with it either way and I’d still get to make the apple pie. I was looking forward to that.

You see, when Melissa first told h...