My Mom passed away on November 20,2010...just a few days before the big family Thanksgiving we had all so meticulously planned for her. Our family loves Thanksgiving. I would say it has been a bigger holiday in our family than even Christmas. My beloved Grandma was a fabulous cook, and did not know a stranger, so you never knew who might show up at a Holmes Thanksgiving dinner. When she passed away in December 2004, our family struggled to keep Thanksgiving alive without our family matriarch....
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