They didn't think he could pull it off...

Well Turkey Day is over for us Canucks.
This was my family's first Thanksgiving without my mom who passed away March this year.

My dad actually bet another postie at work that he wouldn't be able to pull off Thanksgiving since it was my mom who usually did everything starting the night before from peeling potatoes and brussel sprouts to stuffing the bird.

She also made this wicked broccoli and cauliflower casserole that could make even the pickiest child go buckwild for the stuff. She had the recipe of course that she followed more or less but she had her own secrets that we never got.
She had a lot of secrets that I wish we had bothered to ask for long ago.

My younger sisters actually made everything - it was their first time making - well just about anything other than the basics (Kraft Dinner, frozen pizza, toast...etc.). And they passed with flying colours! It was bang-on just like Mum's.

One by one we all passed out from overeating - the sedatives in the turkey, the heat from the fireplace and too much wine, Grandma was out cold first.
I went home and said of prayer of thanksgiving, because even though I am without her now, I am closer to my dad as a result and my family is doing ok; and heh, I didn't have to do dishes.

Cheers Ma!