NEW YEAR'S DAY
Added on: 1st Jan 2014
AS IN MANY HOMES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY,
MY WIFE AND I FACED THE ANNUAL CONFLICT
OF WHICH WAS MORE IMPORTANT –
THE FOOTBALL GAMES ON TELEVISION,
OR THE DINNER ITSELF.
TO KEEP PEACE, I ATE DINNER WITH
THE REST OF THE FAMILY AND EVEN
LINGERED FOR SOME PLEASANT AFTER-DINNER
CONVERSATION BEFORE RETIRING TO THE
FAMILY ROOM TO TURN ON THE GAME.
SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, MY WIFE CAME AND
GRACIOUSLY EVEN BROUGHT A CUP OF TEA FOR ME.
SHE SMILED, KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK AND
ASKED WHAT THE SCORE WAS.
I TOLD HER IT WAS NEAR THE END AND THAT THE
SCORE WAS STILL NIL, NIL.
“SEE?”
SHE SAID, CONTINUING TO SMILE,
“YOU DIDN’T MISS A THING.”
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