by Marvin Double

Created on: November 22, 2008   Last Updated: November 26, 2008

Sarah looked out the window anxiously. This was an important day for her with a lot of firsts. Today would be the first time her parents visited California, the first time they would see their new house and the first time both her family and her husbands would celebrate Thanksgiving together.

It was also the first time Sarah had ever cooked a full Thanksgiving dinner on her own. Her mother was simply one of the best cooks in Chicago and her standards were pretty high. As long as Sarah could remember, her mom had a reputation for making Thanksgiving dinners that were incredible. To put it in the words of her older brother Jamaal, they were legendary.

It an awesome standard to be measured against and Sarah felt the pressure. In spite of being a bit apprehensive, she had a quiet confidence. After all, as a girl, she'd spent lots of time learning her moms cooking techniques. While she didn't feel like her skills were on par with her mom's, she hoped that her dinner would be pretty acceptable.

The parents were expected to arrive at any minute. The smell of roasting turkey drifted out of the kitchen and filled every room, setting taste buds on high alert and making dinner time seem impossibly far way. Josh put his arms around Sarah from behind hugging her with a firm gentle reassurance. "I'm sure everything will be perfect" he said. "You're a fantastic cook and I know our parents will get along fine, this will be a terrific Thanksgiving.

Josh and Sarah seemed an unlikely couple at first. He was California, born and raised. With a fair complexion, sandy hair and blue eyes he looked every inch the stereotypical beach boy. Sarah on the other hand, a self described African American princess, was Chicago through and through. He seemed very California casual while she was much more conservative with, what college friends called, a "Midwestern mindset".

Like so many couples, they met at university, both in pre-law. It wasn't exactly love at first sight, but after a year of casual dating, they both knew. Josh said they'd just clicked like a couple of magnets with an attraction that, once they got close enough couldn't be pulled apart. After a while everyone just called them "Salt and Pepper", opposites that were a perfect compliment.

Now, here they were 10 years later living Sausalito, in a great house over looking the bay. Each of them established in a successful legal career, Sarah in family law practice, Josh working for a large corporate law firm. They were looking forward

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