Yesterday's Main Meal
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. We had told those we had invited that dinner would be at 4:00. Except for the turkey, I think everything was ready to eat at 11:00. Well, most everything. Roland had not bothered with the rolls or peas until after Chris arrived – which was shortly before 3:00. Chris is on of Jenna’s friends from school. The invitation was extended to Chris’ entire family – but Jenna did not communicate that. Grandma had already taken the turkey out of the freezer to thaw by the time she got word. And so it was just the four of us. I remember having had small Thanksgivings before. Two years ago we had invited a couple. And there were only five of us with mom on Thanksgiving Day. We had had our Thanksgiving dinner on a Saturday when Patrick and Sunny were in town. There were 18 of us. But on Thursday it was just my mom, Roland, Jenna, Biff and I. He had known Jeanie at that poin...