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ONE MORE THANKSGIVING

Denise Whitfield has one final wish: Thanksgiving at home with her family. But beneath the holiday traditions lie betrayal, unspoken truths, and a lifetime of unfinished conversations. A heartbreaking story of love, family, and the moments we can't get back. Coming November 2026.


COMING NOVEMBER 2026

Some prayers aren't for more time. They're for one more moment.

For thirty-six years, Denise Whitfield has loved the same man, raised three children, and built a life around the family she would do anything to protect.

Now, with breast cancer spreading through her body and time becoming something no doctor can promise, Denise has one final request.

She wants Thanksgiving at home.

Not in a hospital. Not surrounded by whispered conversations and sympathetic faces. She wants her children around the table, her grandbaby running through the house, her favorite music playing, and the man she has loved since she was a teenager sitting beside her.

But everybody in the Whitfield family is carrying something they don't know how to say.

Her oldest son is preparing to welcome another child into a world where his mother may no longer exist. Her middle son is chasing a coaching dream while struggling to accept that some things matter more than winning. Her youngest daughter is barely holding herself together.

And her husband—the man who promised to love her through sickness and health—has been finding comfort in another woman's arms.

As Thanksgiving approaches, secrets begin to surface, relationships are tested, and a dying mother's simple request forces everyone to confront the truths they've spent months avoiding.

Because sometimes the hardest part of losing someone isn't saying goodbye.

It's facing everything you should have said while they were still here.


A raw, intimate story about marriage, betrayal, motherhood, forgiveness, and the kind of love that doesn't always look beautiful when life gets ugly.

Written by Elaine Rose

Release Date: November 2026

Status: Coming Soon

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