The highlight of the night came when I, the consumate Game Meister, made everyone play my own version of Family Feud. It was a battle of Principals - Team MHaykin versus Team Kwellum! Ah, what bliss!
But the greatest moment of all is captured so wonderfully in this photo taken by my daughter.
Here is Michael trying to form an answer to the following brain-stretching question: "Name one thing you do on vacation." Not only did it take him 13 minutes to form a reply, but he was wrong! Out of all the respondents to my survey, NONE answered, "Visit the cemeteries!!!!"
Evelyn and I tend to drive our kids nuts by our love of stopping at old cemetaries.
ReplyDeleteIt's fascinating to see the ages and dates of peoples' births and deaths. Many poignant stories are written in crumbling stone: daughters and mothers who died on the same day, infants who lived only weeks but who are still commemorated.
And who hasn't stopped at the odd cemetery to reach into the past and ponder our own brevity... but is this the FIRST thing you think to do on vacation, tomgee?!!! I am with your kids! :-)
ReplyDeleteWow. Is this what it takes to be a world class historian? Has anyone warned Southern? What was Kwellum's answer?
ReplyDelete(Of course, I have relatives who would agree with him, as long as they knew it was MY burial spot!)
That is Michael.
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