very different personalities, backgrounds and families who were now brought together as one

family, my family. They were all counting on me to present them with a feast that was just as

appealing to the eye as it was to the pallet. I did not think that I would make it through this!

My mother and her husband, they had only been living with me since they moved down to

be closer to me, seemed to be everywhere I turned. My Mother and I fought the whole day over

how to cook things. Of course being a Mom, she thought she knew best, but this was my dinner

My mother in law who had cooked for me on several occasions including holidays, was

observing, almost like she was waiting for me to make a mistake. I like this gray haired,

somewhat slouched but spry elderly lady. She tried very hard to cook great meals and I have had

much worse, but I began to understand why my husband like my cooking better. He rediscovered

dishes like chicken 'n' dumplings, stuffed peppers, and country fried s

under the tree! Every gift was picked out with great emotion and love for each person. My

My two step daughters,12 and 14, were only with us for half of the day, really seemed to

step-father , a backwoods Alabama boy, eat. It was really embarrassing!

think that he also used the uniform as a babe magnet. I also think that my Mom was taken with

and was always in a hurry. He was in he early fifties bachelor, and thought of himself as

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