Kitchen

[chessylady]

I love Thanksgiving. I have special dish settings, decorations. When my Mother passed away I offered my home to my family and it has been my one annual invitation to my family to come to my home. Last year my brother got angry because he told me he would be late and I called everyone to postpone the time for one hour. He more or less made scene. Also, on trip to Hawaii to see my niece graduate college he told me to shut up numerous times before calling me b----h. This is the brother I thought was close to me. About three weeks ago, my SIL sent me an email that my brother had asked my 86 year old dad if we could have Thanksgiving at his house this year. I was blindsided and knew that this was a done deal so I agreed to attend. I have been very depressed and sad. I am a single woman and feel very alone in the world. As a positive step, I signed up for a local turkey trot to benefit a food bank on Thanksgiving morning. Now I don 't think I am emotionally able to show up at the family gathering and act as if nothing has happened. Does anyone have advice? I don't want to be a baby about this but I don't want to be totally stressed out waiting for snide comments. HELP