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Thanksgiving is almost
here. Ideally, this holiday
should be about more than
turkey, football, Black Fri-
day and Cyber Monday.
After all, the idea behind
Thanksgiving is to share
what we have with our
loved ones. But if you want
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When you have a recipe for Thanksgiving dressing
that is passed down from one generation to the next, a
recipe that is so revered that people from miles around
would probably come by and have a taste if it weren’t for
the fact they had their own get-togethers to attend, the
last thing you want to do is mess it up.
Well, two years ago, Thanksgiving 2016, mess it up 1
did.
It all began the day before Thanksgiving when I
couldn’t find the recipe. I looked everywhere. The bed-
room, the bathroom, underneath the couch. It was writ-
ten on a notecard my mother had given me, and I pert
near remembered putting it on top of my dresser with
all the other important things I’d someday lose before
I put them in their rightful places - but it wasn’t there.
Sure, I could’ve looked for it in the kitchen, but I KNEW
it wouldn’t be there because that’s where it was SUP-
POSED to be.
Cornbread. I vaguely remembered that cornbread
was a major component.
Knowing that I was making dressing for a crowd, I
decided to make three batches of cornbread. Lots of
cornmeal, lots of milk, lots of eggs, divide the whole
thing into two cast iron skillets, and bake the goodness
into it. Cornbread I can do. I’ve got it down to an art
form. Crumble it all up in a big baking pan, and then...
and then...
Toast. Crumble up some toast into the crumbled
cornbread. Number of slices? Well, eight would prob-
ably be okay.
Before I go any further, I must say that this recipe was
never originally written down. It was more of a spo-
ken-word baking concerto performed between Grand-
ma and Ma. It went something like this:
MA: So, how much cornbread?
GRANDMA: Enough.
MA: How about the toast?
GRANDMA: Not too much.
MA: And the spices.
GRANDMA: This and that, to taste.
MA: What about eggs?
GRANDMA: Yes.
MA: And how long do you bake it?
GRANDMA: Until it’s done.
MA: But how will I know?
GRANDMA: Is that your kid I hear crying? You
might wanna go check on him.
My lost notecard version of the recipe was just a tran-
scription anyways, not to be taken too literal, and “don’t
be surprised if it works sometimes but not others de-
pending on the humidity and a full moon.”
Cornbread, bread, onions, celery, poultry season-
ing, sage, broth, mix it all up, taste it, add something
it needs, taste it again, have someone else taste it, add
some more, and then stir some beaten eggs on top and
bake it for who knows how long, but not so long that the
smoke detectors start chirping.
Several hours later, the dressing came out of the oven
and it was a masterpiece. Grandma would’ve given me
high-fives if she hadn’t have been long dead.
And then I messed it up.
Knowing that I was going to take it on a two-hour car
ride over the river and through the woods, I put some
aluminum foil over the pan. A couple of hours later
when I dramatically uncovered the dish, condensa-
tion had turned Grandma’s pride and joy into a spongy
cornbread mud puddle.
Sure, everybody said it was okay, or they said, “I actu-
ally do like mine really moist,” but I knew it was a flop.
A total mud pie flop.
The “Dressing” of 2016 haunts me to this very day,
but I’m not going to let the memory of it stop me from
doing the very best I can this year. Not on your nelly
I’m gonna make it great. I’ll make Grandma proud.
Or at least die trying.
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your family to take part in your abundance, you will want plans in place - and, even then, you may need to make
to look beyond one day in November. To help ensure you changes periodically, based on altered circumstances in
leave the type oflegacy you desire, you will need to follow your life, such as changes in your marital status, new
a detailed plan of action, including these steps: family members, new property, etc. In any case, as your
Review your estate plans. If you haven’t done so already, estate- and legacy-based plans evolve, you’ll want to com-
take this opportunity to review your plans for managing municate them to your family - because, by doing so, you
your estate - and if you haven’t yet drawn them up, it’s can help spare them some potentially unpleasant surpris-
never too soon to start. You may want to work with a es when it’s time to settle your estate. Also, by making
legal professional to create a will, living trust and other your wishes known to your family far ahead of when any
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care provision. A financial
professional can help you
evaluate your options and
recommend which ones
might be appropriate for
your needs.
Share your wishes with
your family. It can take
some time to put your
Preserve your financial independence. If your financial people for the roles you wish them to assume - power
independence were to be jeopardized, your adult children of attorney, executor of your estate, and so on. You’ll also
might be forced to use their own resources to help support want to acquaint your family with the legal, tax and fi-
you - an outcome you obviously would never want. How nancial professionals you’ve selected to work on your es-
can you protect yourself and your financial assets? For tate and legacy plans. By introducing these professionals
one thing, it’s a good idea to work with your legal profes- early on, you can provide your family members with a
sional to create a power of attorney, which would enable greater degree of confidence in the overall estate-plan-
someone - possibly a grown child - to make financial de- ning process.
cisions for you, should you become incapacitated. Also, Thanksgiving goes by in a blur. But by taking the steps
you may want to guard yourself against the devastating described above, along with others, you can demonstrate
costs of long-term care, such as an extended nursing the spirit of sharing with your family for years - and pos-
home stay. Consider this: The average annual cost for a sibly generations - to come.
private room in a nursing home is more than $97,000, ac- This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your
cording to a survey by the insurance company Genworth, local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
Furthermore, Medicare typically pays very little for these Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors are
expenses. Consequently, you may want to consider pro- not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal ad-
tecting yourself in advance by purchasing long-term care vice. You should consult your estate-planning attorney or
insurance or permanent life insurance with a long-term qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.
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