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Cooking Thanksgiving Day Dinner
(November 25, 1999)
(November 25, 1999)
My mom had been quite ill that month. She was in and out of the hospital but was having a good day. We all knew it meant a lot to her to have a nice Thanksgiving so my dad, me and Gerard (my husband) all decided to pitch in and make it a good day. Mom had made Waldorf salad and the turkey roll was in the oven when Gerard and I arrived. (I thought about bringing the camcorder, but didn’t because I knew mom wouldn’t want me to take her picture. She was always camera shy, especially when she didn‘t think she looked good enough. This was the last time Harry‘s oven was used--as an oven, that is.)
Mom supervised the dinner preparations from her favorite comfortable chair in the living room, telling dad and me what to do next. (I am deficient in cooking unless it’s heating up frozen dinners.) We were going to put the stuffing in the oven next to the turkey roll and the rolls on top, but dad had the cookie sheet with the turkey roll turned the wrong way so he had to spin it around. Then the lid on the stuffing was too high, so dad had to make the rack lower. Mom’s wondering what’s going on because I am laughing by now. Instead of taking the turkey out, dad tried doing it leaving it in and just lifting the rack. The turkey started sliding into the oven! Gerard was back from CVS by then, so he was laughing too. I caught it with the potholders in time before it fell into the oven. Dinner was good.
Mom was feeling good and seemed back to normal like before she went to the hospital, recovering nicely. She ate good too. It was a nice Thanksgiving and, as it turned out, was a very good last memory of our time with mom. I really wish I had brought my camcorder that day!
(Excerpt from the book I wrote: "My Funny Dad, Harry," pg. 34.) I shared this in response to Mama Kat's Writers Workshop prompt to write about a favorite Thanksgiving memory.
Reposted--Originally posted 11/24/11.
6 comments:
Wow, Karen, this is a lovely memory. I'm glad you have it. I'll have to get that book, when I get the chance, I would love to read the whole thing!!
Beautiful memories. Even if you were unable to record the event through video, ink on paper worked just as well for you. I will definitely have to read the whole story. :)
I miss having my parents with us at Thanksgiving.
Joyce
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com
What a lovely memory of your mother! I like your blog, and I love the idea of donating for every comment, too.
"The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces." (Field of Dreams)
A beautiful story. :) xx
What RedWriter said - fantastic perception - glad you had such a nice memory to share. I hope my kids' memories are always filled with laughing.
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