Good evening. I'm Ruth, Ethan's mom.
Ethan grew up with two homes, two sets of house rules, and two kitchens that never agreed on how to make pancakes. For a while I worried about what that would teach him. Here's what it taught him. Love is not a pie. More people at the table does not mean smaller slices.
I want to say something to Diane, Ethan's stepmom. Diane, you drove him to swim practice on your weeks and plenty of mine. You sat next to me at his graduation and passed me a tissue before I knew I needed one. Raising a boy across two houses is a team sport, and you were a good teammate. Thank you.
Ethan, you learned early how to make room for people. I see it every time you're with Grace. You make room for her opinions, her plans, and her questionable taste in music. And she makes room for all of us, which in this family takes real stamina. Grace, the first Thanksgiving you spent with us, you ate two full dinners in one afternoon so nobody's feelings got hurt. That's when I knew.
Welcome to the family, Grace. All of it. Every house, every kitchen, every opinion about pancakes.
So would you all raise your glasses. To Ethan and Grace, and to a table that always has room for one more.
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