California for Thanksgiving

Dad's cactus collection.

I hadn't made plans to visit my family this Thanksgiving because we were supposed to be drowning in work on a private equity deal. With the deal delayed or dead (like so many this year) and a family member in the hospital (thankfully not dead), I decided to make a last minute trip out to California. It was exhausting--physically and emotionally--but I was duty-bound to make the trip.