Several weeks before Thanksgiving, our neighbor, Jim, mentioned he wouldn’t be getting together with his extended family this year, since they would be having a reunion in Indiana at Christmas. Jim wanted to know if we would be interested in having Thanksgiving dinner together. He offered to order the meal from a local chain and drop it off at our house the day before, if I would heat it up!

Since Al and I weren’t sure about what our own family was planning, we couldn’t give him a definite answer. However, as the holiday drew closer, it appeared our son-in-law and grandkids would be going down to Ohio. So, we contacted Jim and told him we’d love to share that time with him.

We talked over the offerings from the restaurant and decided on ham instead of turkey for a change. All of the same

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