It was January 1996 - church in our family room and a spaghetti dinner. Yesterday, we had our 14th spaghetti dinner to celebrate basically what God can do with people who know nothing...and know it.
We have added spouses and grandchildren to the families. There have been numerous changes in each of the families lives but come the beginning of January, we all know where we will be spending an afternoon. It is easy - we all know each other's Stories and just spend the time together catching up.
Yesterday's dinner conversation was aimed at our changing world. Like the demise of newspapers and CD. With the help of the younger generations, and listening to the way they do business - it is way different than us oldsters. As I quizzed them them or this and that, it became clearly apparent that everything - the way we advertise, buy and in turn, think - is changing. Most of it I love and have long supported. Most people my age, don't or won't admit it but it is time....time to TURN IT UP, GAME ON (thank you HSM).
In between brilliant and witty conversations, we played with the baby and the dog. Give the men a TV that won't work because the teens had been playing Wii and you have yourself an afternoon of delightful fun. We don't see each other like this the rest of the year so as we all are living in this Moment, we are remembering how we got here. No cheat sheet, having to think on our feet and sometimes, just pushing ahead. You just never know what road you may be headed down - I don't think any of us saw this one coming and we wouldn't have missed it for the world...
