Holidays are the Hardest - Missing Traditions

Pie Making I can’t find a reference to mom’s traditional pie making event. I suppose it could have started with her children. I do recall having assisted with pies at least once in my childhood. Kayla says she remembers a time when it was just her and Corey that did it with mom. I don’t think I ever viewed it as an actual tradition until Ellen and Kimball were small. My mom made a huge assortment of pies on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving each year. The grandkids looked forward to assisting with rolling out the dough and filling the pie with whatever they chose. We’d have apple pie, banana cream pies, coconut cream, chocolate cream, cherry, lemon meringue and of course, pumpkin. More pies were added to the dinner each time new grandkids wer...