Saturday, March 21, 2015
The Date With Mom Part 1
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take
another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but I know
this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you."
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my
mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my
three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a
movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother
is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise
invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time
with you," I responded, "just the two of us." She thought about
it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."
As I drove over to pick her up that Friday after work I was
a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to
be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had
curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her
last wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were
impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to
hear about our meeting."
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very
nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we
sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half
way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mother sitting there staring
at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you
were small," she said. "Then it's time that you relax and let me
return the favor," I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable
conversation; nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each
other's life.
We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her
house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me
invite you." I agreed. "How was your dinner date?" asked my wife
when I got home. "Very nice, much more so than I could have
imagined," I answered.
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