Embracing Imperfection by Andrea Renee Cox
Photo by Tanya Barrow on Unsplash As I’m writing this in late October, we’re coming upon the one-year anniversary of the release of Novelists in November. November 19 is the big day. It’s hard to believe nearly a whole year has gone by since this anthology was published! My story in this collection is “Melting-Pot Thanksgiving,” which features an imperfect daughter tasked with creating the perfect Thanksgiving while balancing a tight writing deadline and helping her foster children deal with difficult life events. I cherished writing and revising this story because it was such a heartwarming premise that had me curious about why there was this push-pull between imperfection and perfection. I instinctively knew it wasn’t the kids Sarah Jones was fostering who were demanding perfection. Kids often don’t require that. But the dynamics that came from her relationship with her children actually played a humongous role in how Sarah approached the creation of Thanksgiving dinner when her mom...
