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a lesson learned- a christmas story
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“Grandpa, what’s that?” Evan asked pointing at a white vegetable on her plate.
The name Grandpa hadn’t gone unnoticed by my mother. I watched her eyes widen and look across the table at my father.
“That, cherub, is cauliflower.”
“Cauliflower?”
“It’s like broccoli, sweetie,” Bette answered.
“I don’t like broccoli,” Evan whined.
“Try it.”
“I don’t like…” she started but stopped when I glared at her.
“Evan, just taste it. It looks like broccoli but doesn’t taste like broccoli,” I explained.
Her face was still scrunched up.
“She doesn’t have to eat it,” my father spoke up.
“She has to try it,” I countered.
Evan stabbed the vegetable with her folk and slowly brought the cauliflower stalk to her mouth. She hesitated when she saw my father dip his own stalk into a small side bowl of melted butter. He pushed the bowl closer to her and she dipped. Together they popped the vegetable into their mouths.
“Mmmm,” he moaned.
“Mmmm,” she copied.
“Didn’t that taste good?” he asked.
“Yes,” she answered.
“Want to try another?”
She nodded her head excitedly.
The rest at the table watched as my father and Evan polished off their portion on cauliflower.
*****
We were shown our rooms and left to unpack.
“Baby, why don’t you go take out your pyjamas for tonight? So that why I don’t have to hunt for them later,” Bette told Evan.
“Okay.”
We watched Evan hop off our bed and out of the room. She was in my old room.
“Are you okay with this?” Bette asked.
“Yeah,” I answered placing our sweaters in the draw, “No,” I slammed it shut.
“Well which is it?”
I remained facing the bureau.
“Tina?”
I turned around.
“Their my parents and I love them…”
“But?”
“I know what is going through my mother mind. Probably what she’s saying right now to my father since we’re in here,” I huffed, “You can practically read it on her face.”
“Tee, you did surprise them.”
“You’re defending her?” I asked.
“I can’t help but to defend her, Tee. You kind of sprung me and Evan on them without notice. It takes time for them to absorb us.”
“But why? Why should it take time? It’s obvious that I love you and Evan. Why can’t they?”
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(45 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)
This really made me smile. Thank you for the heart warming Christmas story. And a happy Christmas to you too.
i love this story… i love evan as a child.. and bette and tine just starting out… it was a beautiful pre christmas gift from you… HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Way to put me in the Christmas spirit. That was sooo cute. Especially little Evan running away i the mall to see Santa Clause–how adorable!
Yay!!! This was so nice. Thanks for sharing this warm and fuzzy vision.
yes that was a sweet story thanks
I love Christmas,thanks for a beautiful story.Happy Holiday to you
absolutely beautiful….!my heart melted.. aww…
that was beautiful. I like the idea for a sequel.
Excellent story.. I wish on the show they would give us a little backround on Tina family.. It would be nice to see a story like this played out. Thank you. Happy Holidays.. Write more your very good at it.
YEA!!!! LOVED IT. Thanks you and Happy Holidays to you and all your readers too.
so beatiful..im glad mama Kennard came to her sense ..cant wait for more thanks
Very well done and beautiful. Thank you for the holiday cheer.
Yeah, Merry Xmas to everyone!! But I kind of like Bette’s type of mom. No fairy tales. It’s really cool, isn’t it? ;)
This is a perfect prelude to Christmas. Thanks!!
ah, b/t xmas, we need more of these. maybe a sequel for the new year?
Enjoyed this chapter so much. So beautiful. Thanks for writing and sharing it with us. Merry Christmas!
That was beautiful, tks for sharing