It was planned to be typical Pittsburgh Thanksgiving for the Cable family, but three weeks before the holiday events turned and it soon became a Thanksgiving Jourdan wishes to forget.

Pap Cox, Jourdan's grandfather, pulls into his long gravel driveway and throws his bright red pickup truck into park. He proceeds to get out of the drivers side and walk around the front to help his young grandson out of the passenger side. However when he reaches the other side he sees that young boy has traveled over to the drivers side to get out the same door as his Grandpa. Upon the boys scrambling he bumps into the gear shift, causing the truck to switch into reverse.

Screaming starts to erupt from the young boy as he realizes the car is moving and his Grandpa is on the other side of the door. Pap Cox knows that the car has to be stopped or it will roll all the way into the busy street with his Grandson inside. He throws his body against the door and places his leg under the wheel. The car slows down and eventually stops but not before Pap Cox's leg has been burned from the tire. The skin from his knee all the way down to his ankle has been burned away, leaving a severe third-degree burn.

Three weeks later it is Thanksgiving and Jourdan's Grandfather is still in the hospital recovering. He receives skin grafts to heal the burn on this leg.

The holiday is celebrated at the Cable house this year, and the dining room is set for the occasion. The long wooden table is decorated with green place mats and leaf themed center pieces. The yellow walls make the room feel warm and seasonal. However, there is something missing for this family, Pap Cox.

The air is filled with tension so high that you can cut it with a knife. Suddenly the tension snaps as Jourdan's grandmother, Pap Cox's, wife bursts into tears. This acts as a trigger system as now her Mom is crying, and so is her Dad.

The family decides that eating is no longer the top priority since a family member is missing. They all proceed to leave the table as it is and not clean up which is, "So weird and out of character", according to Jourdan.

They all jump into the Cable family car, a topee Jeep Grand Cherokee and proceed to drive to the hospital.

Upon entering the hospital Jourdan is hit with the smell of disinfectant and medicine. This adds to the uneasy feeling growing inside her. Finally after traveling around the maze of hospital rooms they come to the room of Pap Cox.

They all shuffle into together, apprehensive on what they are going to see.

Pap Cox greets them with a smile, his leg propped up in front of him in a sling. Jourdan fights to hold back the tears, but looses the battle and the tears begin to flow.

After a while the family decides that their missing family member needs his rest and they still have a meal of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce waiting for them at home.

Thanksgiving was nothing like it had ever been for the Cable family, but the support of each other got them through the tough time.