Column: Welcome to our family Thanksgiving

‘A Day of Publick Thanksgivin’’ 

—  Proclamation by George Washington, 1789 

I imagine our family celebrates Thanksgiving in pretty much the same fashion as many, many others. To begin, we cook enough for Hannibal’s Army. 

Well, not all of us actually cook, but more about that later.

When our beloved mother was still with us, she would cater to us in every possible way. For example, my father’s favorite stuffing had oysters, and our sister…