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Don't know if you still check reviews but I wanted to sugar with you how I adored this whole fic.

As a mother of teens boys myself I have found myself meddling in their love lives though not to he degree of this mom. It is as you describe an act of love.

Beside that I also appreciate a lot of the things you touch on Pam's care for Dwight, her insecurity around babies, the way the mom reveals some secrets. I have written on a lot of the same things in many of my stories.

So many sweet little things too here. The chair where it all began is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing.

So if you do come back to read this review, it really touched me so thanks for sharing it.

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A flashback! Nice! (And a wedding. Awww!). Love this chapter, too!

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Oh, dear, Karen is NOT going to like that one bit. I loooove the voice you've found for Jim's mom. She's wonderful.

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I just finished rereading this for what seems like about the thousanth time and I must say, it NEVER gets old. I swear there was a part of me that even as I finished the last chapter I wanted to go right back to the first and reaf it again. You did just such a masterful job with this. The thing is, where most of the time I, and I would venture most other readers/people in general, would feel that in going to Jim's work when she clearly knew he would not be there for the sole purpose of speaking to Pam, basically ignoring Karen who she was aware was Jim's current girlfriend (yay Larissa!!! You go mom! Way to let Karen know just how unimportant she is!) and then going so far as to actually invite Pam not just to Thanksgiving dinner after Jim had not just vetoed the idea but actually gotten upsrt about the whole thing, dinner wasn't enough. Even the day wasn't enough. His mom invited Pam for the whole night. So, where I think most would normally be crying FOUL very loudly and thinking that Jim maybe should never speak to his mom again, the way you have written this so brilliantly you just don't inspire any feelings that his mom did wrong. I think it was clear that Larissa went to DM with no ill intent. She certainly had no intention to hurt Jim. She just had a unique and wonderful bond with her son and he had shared so much of the history of his relationship with Pam that as the reader have a real understanding of why she did it. I think she wanted to, in addition to finding out just who this girl is who has such a stranglehold on her son's heart, I think she wanted to size up the situation, see if there seems to be any hope there. I think she wanted to know how she should handle future conversations with Jim when the topic is Pam. Of she sensed that Pam was on the same page as Jim, she could encourage him, inspire hope in his heart. If however she got the sense that Pam was simply not interested, at least in 'that' way, she could encourage Jim to move past it all. Maybe encourage him to bring Karen around etc. I think she really had no thought of actually extending an invitation to Thankdgiving probably until she did it and she probably only did because she was positive of what was there because she herself already felt the connection to Pam. It's just too darn bad that Jim didn't have a mom that meddled like that. Season 3 would have been a whole lot happier had you been able to get your hands on it.

I really and truly afore this story. Actually, I have read every one of your stories and I like each of them tremendously. You have just such wonderful ways of bringing our couple together and just making the bad stuff go away. Really you only have two stories that make me VERY unhappy, miserable even and that is The Further Adventures of Squirrel McPants (or something like that) and Twelve More Days and I BET that you can gues by now that they make me so very unhappy because I desperately want the rest of them!!! You have done such absolutely brilliant work with each and every story you write, it truly is a shame, a crime even, to allow any, much less two such brilliant stories, to go unfinished. SOOOOO, if you ever read your reviews any longer, this is me begging, pleading and demanding to get more squirrel and just a few more days. As I remember there wasn't a lot you needed to finish that one.

Rant aside, thank you so much for sharing so very much with us. This site truly and honestly would not be near as good without your works on it!

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Ooooooooooooooh loved it

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Ooooooooooooooh Larissa is so naughty, but I LOVE her =)

okay, short review because all i have to say is this chapter made me just happy!

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Thanksgiving isn't big at my house. We live so far from any relatives that its always just us. We've had an odd grandparent down here some years, but it always seems strange to have more than just the four (now three) of us. I remember growing up, and even now reading these stories, the rest of my family all lives up north. They do have these huge family get togethers. And I always wished I was a part of it. But I also know that if I was up there, it would be strange and uncomfortable for me.
/ramble.

Lets see - Jim with bed head in worn grey tshirt, pajama pants, and barefoot. Excuse me while I daydream.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
(whoa, also, right now, really really pretty sunset outside)

I always help my mom with the cooking. Me and brother both have to make dinner once a week, but I actually don't, because I help with dinner 6 nights a week. I just claim one night as a meal I made.

You don't need coffee for a double major. You only need it if you plan on having a life also. And since I decided that having a life was totally not important, I survived on fanfic alone.

Wow. Pam would look awesome in that outfit /girlcrush.

Now those muffins sound so yummy. I happen to love both banana nut and chocolate muffins... yum

Come on Jim and Pam. Sure you might think you are comfortable each on your own side, but you know you would be happier cuddling up together.

Damn then you go and dress Jim in green. Green does wonders for him.

Okay, just the idea of the two of them on the chair and then Pam getting sleepy - warms my heart. I so want a Jim.

Ya know, I just did a real life break, checking emails, and it just blew my mind that it isn't Thanksgiving time. This story put me so much into that mindset I really was like, "oh, wait, its feburary"

Aww, the idea of Pam.... okay, just that entire Pam and Jim sleeping in that chair and its just so perfect and happy.

Thats how I play. Its not over util I'm winning. But somehow its not as much fun when you are competeing against mom.

They kissed they kissed they kissed they kissed they kissed. Seriously so happy right now.

So I was certain I had read this. Like, because it was always rec'd like crazy. But I couldn't find a review. Anyways, you updated it so I was going to read it anyways. But then I did find an anonymous review I did. But oh well. That review was lame.

JONATHAN PLAYS SOCCER! A boy after my own heart. Seriously, I may love Jonathan more than Jim. First paragraph in actually, but whatever. But he is smart, and a researcher, and behavioral science. Um, pretty awesome.

Okay, even just reading that one line "she's engaged" breaks my heart. (yes, a lot of things break my heart about their relationship).

I love how close Jim and his mom are. Me and my mom are close, but I don't talk to her about stuff like that (not that there ever is anyting to talk about). But yeah. I think Jim would have a close relationship with his mom.

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I really enjoyed this fun, festive, and seasonal story!  I liked how you described the lovely Halpert family, I hope there's another chapter!  Thanks for writing and sharing this sweet, sweet story!

this was just too cute :)  I missed it the first go round, so thanks for the resurrection.

Luchy 

Gah! Jim crying in his mom's arms for 20 minutes made perfect sense to me, and punched me in the grief bone many times. Ah, but it was a good punching. :) Great story, great details, I really enjoyed the whole thing!

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Moxie, this was such a treat.  Thanks for continuing it.