Christmas Dinner

Dinner at Lynda and Peter's home has been a tradition for some time . All the family who are  able arrive at the home in the early afternoon and share precious time together before the feast. The turkey is always cooked perfectly and all the vegetables make for a feast for the Queen. Conversations around the table generate much chatter and probably to a stranger just noise. That is the way we like it with the interaction between family and friends.

Of course we still have the four generations present with Doris being the most elderly of our family at 96. She betrays her age in looks but recalls images from by gone years to keep our attention. Christmas is more special than the other birthdays and celebrations but families become fragmented when the age factor comes and members have to share their time among extended family functions..

We miss the people who are not with us in person at this time but we all have them in our hearts and know that it will be only a short time when we will once more be together. I receiver a gift this Xmas of our whole family at a recent family celebration and at the time we thought that it might be a long time before we all sit at the table as a complete family. I find this a little troubling but when I see the wonderful extended members to our clan I realize what a gift we have when we share our time with others.