via For the Love of Food by Lisa Lewis Smith | Esse Diem
“Most people have not experienced a Thanksgiving like the one we have at Smithover! One year we had close to fifty people (my dad and all his siblings, their spouses, and my 15 first cousins, plus some “outsiders”). And we are all…male, female, big and small… BIG eaters! We all talk loud and none of us listen. Boyfriends or girlfriends often joined us, but there was always a whisper… Do you think he’ll make it back next year? I don’t think she has the temperament for THIS crowd. Did you see his face when he walked in? Take a look at her plate…who diets around here?”