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serves they might have left, I am taking this time to do a little bit of reflection.
• Shopping is not my favorite thing to do. I forgot about it last week and Thursday evening I took my granddaughter to Wal-Mart to buy something. The aisles were packed with people standing around waiting for some "event" to occur. Not knowing what that event might be, my little granddaughter and I slowly retreated from the store. I forgot it was black Thursday and I did not want to end up with a black eye.
• I do not go shopping that much, but, is it me or are shoppers mean people? Just do not get between them and whatever event is taking place.
• I have come to the wonderful place in life that I can afford anything I want. Fortunately, I cannot think of anything I really want. Not so with the crowd I found at Wal-Mart. They wanted something really bad, and I wanted to get out of the store really bad. Both got their wishes.
• I have since retreated to the solitude of my easy chair. Thanksgiving dinner is over, everybody's focus is on Christmas and so I plan to take advantage of this space. Everybody is somewhere and I am glad (you did not hear me say it) they are not here.
• The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is in the kitchen doing whatever she does in the kitchen. I have learned after 43 years of marital bliss that if I want to maintain the bliss in my marriage I need to keep out of the kitchen when someone else is there, especially her. I have learned to live with this and it is a wonderful life.
• Resting and reflecting in my easy chair, I began thinking about the past year.
• The best way to sum up the past year for me was Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness."
• Of course, I would have to fudge a little bit on "the age of wisdom." Outside of that, that sums up my past year very nicely. Just when you think everything is going smoothly, there is a little unexpected bump in the road.
• The other way around is also true. Just when you think all you have are bumps in the road, you hit a smooth patch and you do not really know what to do.
• Take this Thanksgiving for example. Throughout the year I had managed (under some very strict supervision from you know who) to lose around 5 pounds. I was celebrating this loss quite jubilantly. That is, until the Thanksgiving dinner.
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