Did you sing it? And so this is Christmas Easter...what have we done?
It's at these times of year that I crave the seeming simplicity of generations or years gone by.
When long weekends such as these meant the shops really were closed, that you really couldn't go out for lunch, that there wasn't anywhere else to be - except present.
Now, every long weekend is fraught with plans.
Who gets first dibs to host the family get-together, the friends get-together. Did you leave it too late and now everyone is busy and you haven't been included? Which two hour window of which day can you see each family group? Will you get any time at all to just unwind? How many odd jobs around the house can we fit in? Should we go camping like everyone else and then spend two days on the road in the most horrendous traffic of the year?
My intentions are always to bring back some of that missing simplicity. With the thought that perhaps if I set the scene, everyone can enjoy it.
Shopping this week included a huge piece of pork shoulder. Far too large for the just the three of us. Purchased with the hope we'll be able to share a long lunch with any number of our nearest and dearest.
It might be that we don't make any firm plans at all and let the days run their course, which is just as satisfying. Anything but spending days or weeks stressing over exact timed plans, that will likely be thwarted by the weather when the time comes.
One can only hope that across a four day long weekend there will be enough opportunity to share many laughs with as many friends and family as possible, grateful for the chance to be present with them at all.
It's at these times of year that I crave the seeming simplicity of generations or years gone by.
When long weekends such as these meant the shops really were closed, that you really couldn't go out for lunch, that there wasn't anywhere else to be - except present.
Now, every long weekend is fraught with plans.
Who gets first dibs to host the family get-together, the friends get-together. Did you leave it too late and now everyone is busy and you haven't been included? Which two hour window of which day can you see each family group? Will you get any time at all to just unwind? How many odd jobs around the house can we fit in? Should we go camping like everyone else and then spend two days on the road in the most horrendous traffic of the year?
My intentions are always to bring back some of that missing simplicity. With the thought that perhaps if I set the scene, everyone can enjoy it.
Shopping this week included a huge piece of pork shoulder. Far too large for the just the three of us. Purchased with the hope we'll be able to share a long lunch with any number of our nearest and dearest.
It might be that we don't make any firm plans at all and let the days run their course, which is just as satisfying. Anything but spending days or weeks stressing over exact timed plans, that will likely be thwarted by the weather when the time comes.
One can only hope that across a four day long weekend there will be enough opportunity to share many laughs with as many friends and family as possible, grateful for the chance to be present with them at all.
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