Living in a family means you often end up doing not just those things
you choose to do, but a whole bunch of things that are the choices of
your fellow family members. Today was that kind of a day in our family.
Today, there was a piano recital, which became two when the original one
conflicted with a playoff little league game. Today was watching that
little league game, and taking a long train ride to get there. Today was
pausing from housework to share the Tony awards with under-18 theater
geeks. Today was refraining from removing a 3 day old, still in progress
Monopoly game, even if that meant refraining from vacuuming (we wouldn't
want to suck up a house, hotel, or Scotty dog!)
I could say that every family member who made sacrifices for the others
did so without question or complaint. Which would be a lie. There were
sore feet and tired kids, dinner too late, and a week that will begin
with a chaotic apartment and laundry that is still dirty. But today, we
were there for and with each other. And that's what really matters. The
laundry and the apartment will get clean, and we will all eventually
catch up on our sleep. And because of days like today, we will remember
that, above all, we are a family.
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