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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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