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Thanksgiving morning I chopped bacon and Brussels sprouts\u2014ingredients for a surprise dish I was serving with my traditional turkey dinner\u2014and tried to calm my nerves. Robin, you\u2019re a good cook, a professional food editor. Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ve got this. <\/em><\/p>\n

But it was the first holiday I\u2019d be cooking for my new husband, Ken, and my three stepchildren\u2014along with 25 guests. What if they didn\u2019t like this recipe, or anything <\/em>I made? Lord, <\/em>I prayed, please don\u2019t let me blow this!<\/em><\/p>\n

It was funny, really, me in this scenario. Because I never thought I\u2019d have a husband and kids to cook for. Or that I\u2019d be talking to God. Or that I\u2019d be living back home in Ohio.<\/p>\n

I was the classic small-town girl with big-city dreams. Right after I graduated from the University of Dayton, I fled the state for culinary school in San Francisco. I was smitten with the city. I found the perfect job\u2014restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. <\/em><\/p>\n

My career was my passion. I\u2019d decided I didn\u2019t want to get married. Marriage didn\u2019t fit into my plans. Neither did God. I hadn\u2019t grown up praying or going to church. Why start now? My life was busy enough.<\/p>\n

Then, 13 years after I\u2019d left Ohio, for good, I thought, my dad passed away. Suddenly big-city life didn\u2019t seem so fulfilling. I longed to be near my sister and three brothers, who\u2019d all stayed close to home.<\/p>\n

One night I caught myself praying. Maybe not quite praying. The prayer seemed to say itself, but it came from me. Lord, if you want me in Ohio, give me a sign. <\/em>The prayer kept saying itself. That had to be my sign, right? I headed home.<\/p>\n

I had been back for about a month when I attended a University of Dayton alumni dinner. A handsome man with sparkly green eyes approached me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi, I\u2019m Ken,\u201d he said, extending his hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cNice to meet you. I\u2019m Robin. Class of eighty-seven.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMe too!\u201d he said. Ken and I hadn\u2019t known each other in college, but talking to him felt so easy and familiar. I told him that I\u2019d recently lost my dad and he confided that he\u2019d lost his wife to breast cancer a year earlier. He was raising their children, 10-year-old Ben and 8-year-old twins, Molly and Sarah.<\/p>\n

At the end of the night, I gave him my phone number\u2014something I\u2019d never done before.<\/p>\n

We started dating. It didn\u2019t take long for me to see that Ken\u2019s faith was what had carried him through his wife\u2019s illness and death. I wondered what it would be like to have that kind of spiritual sustenance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to pray more,\u201d I told him. \u201cHow do I do that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPray often and everywhere. Just talk to God. You\u2019ll get the hang of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The more I prayed, the more I felt certain that it was <\/em>God who\u2019d brought me back to Ohio\u2014to this wonderful man and his beautiful children. Two years after we met, Ken and I were married in his church, which became my church too.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Suddenly I was a stepmom. I didn\u2019t know much about kids, but I could bring one thing to the table: food. I made dinner, school lunches, breakfast on the weekends, and took the kids food shopping.<\/p>\n

One day after a trip to the market, Sarah ran up to Ken. \u201cDad! It\u2019s amazing! Robin knows everything at the grocery store!\u201d she said. We all laughed. Food connected us, bringing us even closer.<\/p>\n

Still, standing here in the kitchen on our first Thanksgiving together, I was nervous. All these people, including my new family. Could I really pull it off? Can I, Lord?<\/em><\/p>\n

I prepared the classics\u2014turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes. Then added the Brussels sprouts with bacon for the vegetable dish.<\/p>\n

The recipe was one I\u2019d developed at work. It mixed the steamed and halved sprouts with chopped bacon and apple juice\u2014a delicious intermingling of flavors. But would my guests agree?<\/p>\n

I finished cooking and set dinner up buffet-style in the kitchen. Everyone filled their plates and raved about the food. Only the Brussels sprouts were hardly touched. Oh, no\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Then I heard Sarah talking to Molly, Ben and their cousins. \u201cYou guys should try these. They\u2019re awesome!\u201d she said. Her plate was piled high with sprouts. On her recommendation, everyone else had a taste. Then they came back for seconds and thirds.<\/p>\n

Today that dish is part of our family Thanksgiving tradition. And it\u2019s a reminder to me that when we\u2019re open to God\u2019s plan, he fills our lives with an abundance of blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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