Dinner was late tonight, due to me working late and then removing the snow from my car so I could come home. A little after 6 pm, my youngest son comes into the kitchen and watches me cook.
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes......" my son sighed.
He is such a delight and I smiled. He took the stirring spoon and stirred the pasta, then the beans while we waited.
"You can set the table if you would like."
He went to the china closet and got out the plates, disappearing into the dining room. Returning, he got the forks out.
"Where is my favorite fork?"
It was in the drying pan still, so I got it and handed it to him. He left the room once again.
Once dinner was done, I went out to serve the plates and noticed only three plates on the table. There are four of us. Laughing, I asked my son were my plate was. He jumped up with a horrified look and stated,
"I did not know you were going to eat, you never eat anymore."
He rushes into the kitchen to get my plate. I smiled but at the same time, it made me sad. I did not realize that I had missed so many meals with my children lately that they no longer set me a plate. I just had no appetite anymore and the smell of food, sometimes turned my stomach.
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes......" my son sighed.
He is such a delight and I smiled. He took the stirring spoon and stirred the pasta, then the beans while we waited.
"You can set the table if you would like."
He went to the china closet and got out the plates, disappearing into the dining room. Returning, he got the forks out.
"Where is my favorite fork?"
It was in the drying pan still, so I got it and handed it to him. He left the room once again.
Once dinner was done, I went out to serve the plates and noticed only three plates on the table. There are four of us. Laughing, I asked my son were my plate was. He jumped up with a horrified look and stated,
"I did not know you were going to eat, you never eat anymore."
He rushes into the kitchen to get my plate. I smiled but at the same time, it made me sad. I did not realize that I had missed so many meals with my children lately that they no longer set me a plate. I just had no appetite anymore and the smell of food, sometimes turned my stomach.
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