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My mom loves this story.
Thirty-mmnrghphl years ago yesterday, my parents were living in a two-bedroom apartment in a urban suburb of Boston. They had one child, a boy (just 18 months old at the time), and were awaiting the arrival of their second, a girl (me, for those playing at home). I was due in mid-December.
So they invited my father's father and his wife to join them for Thanksgiving. They drove the seven or so hours to get to Boston from where they lived, and arrived Wednesday late afternoon. The Boston area was hunkering down expecting a storm. A Nor'easter. My parents met my grandparents at the door with this startling pronouncement: Watch M (my brother), we're going to the hospital!
Nor'easter blows in over night, as do I. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, I arrived, three weeks early.
Mom never did cook Thanksgiving dinner that year.
Every so often the calendar brings Thanksgiving on my birthday. This is just one of those years.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving all my fellow US folk - however you celebrate! *This* year I get birthday cake with my pumpkin pie.
Thirty-mmnrghphl years ago yesterday, my parents were living in a two-bedroom apartment in a urban suburb of Boston. They had one child, a boy (just 18 months old at the time), and were awaiting the arrival of their second, a girl (me, for those playing at home). I was due in mid-December.
So they invited my father's father and his wife to join them for Thanksgiving. They drove the seven or so hours to get to Boston from where they lived, and arrived Wednesday late afternoon. The Boston area was hunkering down expecting a storm. A Nor'easter. My parents met my grandparents at the door with this startling pronouncement: Watch M (my brother), we're going to the hospital!
Nor'easter blows in over night, as do I. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, I arrived, three weeks early.
Mom never did cook Thanksgiving dinner that year.
Every so often the calendar brings Thanksgiving on my birthday. This is just one of those years.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving all my fellow US folk - however you celebrate! *This* year I get birthday cake with my pumpkin pie.
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My mom started going into labor with one of my sisters at Thanksgiving, but it was slow enough that she was able to stay for the meal.
Hope your birthday and holiday are excellent ones!