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One snowy night halfway through December, we hosted housechurch at our house, and in a fit of dementia and good intentions, I decided to cook a Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, with a turkey. Yes, even though I barely know how to cook boneless skinless chicken breasts. Yes, even though I have a newborn. Yes, several weeks after the actual holiday.

But it had been ages since we'd hosted housechurch, since before Henry was born, and I missed it, missed the cooking and the table setting and the sounds of their voices in our home, and I wanted it to be special, to feel like a party or a holiday. And I realized as well that I wanted to celebrate the holiday with them. We talk about being one another's family, and that has become so true that when a family time comes, like a holiday, it doesn't feel right to spend it without them.

I had two Thanksgiving dinners already this year, one with my parents and Aaron and Henry. It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, actually, which was my mom's birthday. I had watched Rachael Ray make stuffing on her show with caramelized onions and apples, so I tried that, and because there were only a few of us, we did a little turkey breast, instead of the whole deal. The next day, at Aaron's parents' house, we had a fabulous meal. My mother-in-law was planning on cooking, but her back went out, and so one of their friends, a caterer, cooked double and brought over his amazing fancy Thanksgiving food. Diane's a great cook, but we were all a little thankful for her bad back when we tasted the sausage and mushroom stuffing.

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