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I'm really proud of you, Joy.  It takes a strong person to come on here and lay it all on the table like you have and you've been a great inspiration to me. 

Last Thanksgiving, we were at The Man's brother's in-laws for dinner.  The Man looks forward to Thanksgiving dinner starting the day after Thanksgiving.  My back was really giving me a lot of trouble and I didn't feel like socializing, but it meant alot to TM to be with his large extended family so there we were.  One of the relatives is a professional chef at a very high end restaurant in Chicago and he and his family had flown in.  There were friends and relatives from age 4 to 90.  The chef had been smoking turkeys on the grill all day and dinner was just about ready.   I'm not sure what happened next, but TM's sister-in-law, who I adore, became furious at her father's girlfriend, stormed into the kitchen, told me to get out of the way and shoved me.  I know she wasn't angry with me, but I have never tolerated having hands layed on me in anger for any reason. I didn't want to make a scene, but knew I couldn't stay and pretend I wasn't angry so I went to TM, who was positively intoxicated and giddy from turkey fumes and quietly told him that I wanted to go home.  Without asking why, TM took his keys out of his pocket and  took my hand.  We said our goodbyes to the family and I told them I was not feeling well. We walked out to the car and TM never asked me why we were leaving, he just gave me unconditional support.  I started to explain and apologize, but TM stopped me, told me that he completely trusted and supported me and if we were leaving, I must have had a good reason.  Honestly, I felt stupid and selfish for depriving TM of something that he was so looking forward to.

So here we are,  May 3rd at 2:18 in the morning and I have a Butterball 16 1/2 pound turkey thawing in the sink.  I have all the ingredients for a full blown Thanksgiving dinner.  I need to finally reward TM for his undying support and trust, but the best part is that this turkey will help me get back on track.  What better protein than a lean and juicy turkey breast?  I'm cooking this for The Man, but this is going to help me so much

Keep going, Joy.  You're a source of inspiration to me.

Warm hugs,

C.

A terrific story, thanks for sharing this...

I really relate this what you're going through. I was able to leave work on Friday without having M&Ms, and I hope I can claim likewise today. You're my inspiration right now - thanks. M.