"How are you doing?" a colleague asked me after school today.
"Oh, fine," I told her.
"That's good!" she said, but then added "Really?"
"Well, you know," I shrugged and gestured to my empty classroom and sighed.
She knew what I meant. "We have an expression in our family," she said and told me the story of a time when a dear friend of theirs had a business meeting near where her in-laws lived.
They generously offered to put him up, and he brought her son and his along for a couple days. As it happened, the three were delayed getting on the road, and then one thing led to another, so by the time they arrived, it was quite late and her mother-in-law was standing at the door, arms crossed. "We're finally here!" the friend exclaimed.
"Well," said her mother-in-law, "it's not the dinner I planned."
But it was the dinner she served.
"Oh, fine," I told her.
"That's good!" she said, but then added "Really?"
"Well, you know," I shrugged and gestured to my empty classroom and sighed.
She knew what I meant. "We have an expression in our family," she said and told me the story of a time when a dear friend of theirs had a business meeting near where her in-laws lived.
They generously offered to put him up, and he brought her son and his along for a couple days. As it happened, the three were delayed getting on the road, and then one thing led to another, so by the time they arrived, it was quite late and her mother-in-law was standing at the door, arms crossed. "We're finally here!" the friend exclaimed.
"Well," said her mother-in-law, "it's not the dinner I planned."
But it was the dinner she served.
Hmm, so many possibilities. The empty classroom and your sigh just grabs me. Hugs.
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