We had breakfast with my parents yesterday.Â
Jon was still wokring at the conference. It was his last day, and to be quite honest with you – I was on my last nerve. The kids had started bickering quite a bit on Thursday, and had moved into full blown fighting on Friday, and well…..I didn’t really have much hope that Saturday would be fabulous. Jon had taken Xandra with him to be the “Soundman’s Helper”.Â
I remember going to “help” my dad play golf. I’m really sure that he didn’t need the “help” from me, but those are some of the best memories I have…..getting up really, really early, and going with dad for the super long drive up to Squamish or wherever else they’d go, and walking around the course. I remember washing the balls a million times, and getting to stop after the first nine holes so we could get a snack, and attempting to drag the golf bag around, and being super quick with a new tee when they’d wreck the one they had been using, or even getting a new ball from the bag when they wacked it too far in to the trees or into the pond.
Any way, so Jon took Xan, and at least that meant that I only had to referee between two, and not three. As it turns out, it was the wrong two. For some reason, Gelica and Jeremy fight………..and fight, and fight , and fight…….it never seems to end. The Friday night, Jon had taken Geli to help out, and Xan and J got along so perfectly. Maybe it’s just Xan…..she seems to be able to get along with anyone. Oh well! So, I got a hold of my parents, and they hadn’t left to go in to see Chris, yet.Â
We met up at the Ricky’s in Walnut Grove, and had a really nice breakfast. This is my favorite picture of J and Dad. Dad looks so happy, and relaxed. It’s nice to see him like this. He carries quite a bit of the stress of everything that’s going on right now. It’s nice to get those little moments when you can forget about “things” for just a second and just “be in the moment”.
