Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.
When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very
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. “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky
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. “Please.” I had said no so many times in
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months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could
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. To her
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I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and
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a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy
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. My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some
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time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch
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out on the table, Roy arrived on the
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. That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with
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. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys
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rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,
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God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and
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what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest
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could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you
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. Even though the kids have now grown up and
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from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to
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potato salad, call all of my
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kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a
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.
小题21: | A.old | B.poor | C.busy | D.patient |
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小题22: | A.begged | B.asked | C.doubted | D.wondered |
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小题23: | A.coming | B.recent | C.following | D.late |
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小题24: | A.last | B.wait | C.relax | D.approach |
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小题25: | A.disappointment | B.sadness | C.embarrassment | D.surprise |
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小题26: | A.supplied | B.provided | C.compared | D.filled |
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小题27: | A.off work | B.at home | C.at work | D.on business |
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小题28: | A.unhappy | B.quality | C.quantity | D.sad |
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小题29: | A.spread | B.taken | C.made | D.cooked |
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小题30: | A.scene | B.view | C.sight | D.scenery |
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小题31: | A.communication | B.expectation | C.hope | D.laughter |
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小题32: | A.missed | B.took | C.skipped | D.left |
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小题33: | A.praying | B.praising | C.thanking | D.trusting |
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小题34: | A.expected | B.realized | C.imagined | D.admitted |
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小题35: | A.lifestyle | B.time | C.world | D.occupation |
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小题37: | A.left alone | B.left behind | C.ran away | D.moved away |
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小题38: | A.appreciate | B.cook | C.watch | D.plant |
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小题39: | A.grown | B.little | C.young | D.handsome |
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小题40: | A.salad | B.life | C.picnic | D.purpose |
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