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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElizabeth Warren and the Flaming Marshmallows
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/11/28/saturday-morning-open-thread-leftovers/
Because sometimes all you can do is cope. One foot in front of the other, one step at a time. Got a nice Thanksgiving message (okay, a block email) from my senior Senator Elizabeth Warren
I buy all sorts of things for Thanksgiving that no one in the family eats much during the rest of the year. Jell-O for Aunt Bees special dish (shes gone, but the green Jell-O salad lives on). Canned onion rings. Marshmallows.
Id stopped doing the sweet potatoes with toasted marshmallows on top, only to get protests from the family. I said I wasnt going to keep making it. You dont eat more than a few nibbles, and I end up throwing most of it out.
My daughter Amelia and son Alex dissolved into gales of laughter. No, no, youve got to keep making it. Even Bruce was in on the joke.
Finally they confessed why they looked forward to the dish. The last thing I do, once all the dishes are laid out and the turkey is on the table, is put the sweet potato casserole topped with carefully arranged marshmallows under the broiler, while everyone heads to the table.
And about half the time, I get distracted and remember the sweet potatoes only after the marshmallows have caught fire.
Amelia and Alex claim that, while they were growing up, that was the highlight of Thanksgiving: Would mom set the marshmallows on fire again this year? And, if I did start a fire, how exciting would it be? Would I scream? Would I set the kitchen towels on fire again? Would I carry the flaming dish to the sink while everyone rushed into the kitchen and yelled advice?
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful. As I look around this morning at my own kids and grandkids, making new traditions and hopefully not setting the house on fire, Im deeply thankful to have the opportunity to fight for families in Massachusetts and all across the country and Im thankful to have you with me for those fights.
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Elizabeth Warren and the Flaming Marshmallows (Original Post)
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
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(50,983 posts)1. Flaming marshmallows sound appealing to me.
livetohike
(22,165 posts)2. Good name for a rock band. LOL n/t