2009年3月3日星期二

When our young guests arrived—there were usually ten or fifteen of them

To make up for this in a small way, we always invited all the children on our street to our house each Christmas morning for breakfast.We would decorate the house with snowflakes and angels in the windows, Rolex Watchesa nativity scene and a Christmas tree in the living room, and other ornaments that we hoped would appeal to the children. When our young guests arrived—there were usually ten or fifteen of them—we said grace and served them such delicacies as orange juice garnished with a candy cane. And after the meal we gave each of the youngsters a wrapped toy or game. We used to look forward to these breakfasts with the joyful impatience of children.But last year, about six weeks before Christmas, Alice died. I could not concentrate at work. I could not force myself to cook anything but the simplest dishes.watches replica watches Sometimes I would sit for hours without moving, and then suddenly find myself crying for no apparent reason.I decided not to invite the children over for the traditional Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Peter, my next door neighbors, asked me to join them Jewellery Watchesand their three children for dinner on Christmas Eve. As soon as I arrived and had my coat off, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”“Yes,” I replied. “If you need some, I’ll go right away.”

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