Family Dinners ~ were
always significant to me! During the week our hours were filled with work, school
studies and related activities, sport events and other personal interests. Sunday evenings was the scheduled time for us
all...to meet together for dinner and be engaged in conversation around the table.
I enjoyed the décor that I
created for special events with family and friends: Valentine's Day, Easter,
Canada Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas...from lacy hearts to Easter bunnies, from
flags to harvest filled cornucopias, to wreaths and garlands. An attending
person was responsible for a table prayer for each of these dinner
gatherings...and thanks given for the honoured event.
When my son had a September wedding, at first,
Thanksgiving seemed to me like a great loss of the “family homecoming” when his
new family arranged their First Family celebration together. This I accepted as a new “Stage in Life!”
A few days ago,
Sherrie forwarded the following story to me about a Scottish couple
who manoevered a
Christmas homecoming for their son and daughter.
A man in Scotland calls his son in London the day before Christmas Eve and says,
“I hate to ruin your day but I have to
tell you that your mother and I are
divorcing; forty-five years of misery is
enough!”
“Dad, what are you talking
about?” the son screams.
“We can't stand the sight of
each other any longer,” the father says.
“We're sick of each other and I'm sick about talking about this...so you
call your sister in Leeds and tell her.”
Frantically, the son calls his
sister, who explodes on the phone, “Like hell, they're getting divorced,” she
shouts. “I'll take care of this!”
She calls Scotland and
immediately screams at her father, ”You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get
there. I'm calling my brother back and
we'll both be there tomorrow. Until
then, don't do a thing. DO YOU HEAR ME?” and hangs up.
The old man hangs
up his phone and turns to his wife.
“Done! They're coming for Christmas ~
and they're paying
their own way!”
Words of Wisdom
“When one door closes, another door opens;
But, we so often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door
That we do not see the ones that open for
us”.
(Alexander Graham Bell)
Merle Baird-Kerr…written
December 21, 2013
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