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Tacos, Tears, and Tea Towels

I dedicate this to my wonderful friend who is still fighting the battle known as kindergarten...you know who you are.

I don't know if this is just a girl thing or not, but every once in a while I just need a good cry. God made the tear duct so I could release my feelings, right? As girls, there is no telling what will set us off. It could be a song on the radio, a wonderful book, a dead animal on the side of the road (not really me...i'm not much of an animal lover), or in this case, a movie.

It was my first November after graduation and I had invited the fearless kinder teacher over for dinner. We did this a few nights a week just to keep ourselves sane. Anyway, the menu for the evening was tacos. I'm sure most sophisticated families use paper or cloth napkins when eating. But for some reason we never seemed to have those on hand growing up, so it was always a tea towel. So in traditional family style, we were both sitting on the couch with our tacos, tea towels, and ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. It just so happens that the movie of the night was 'The Christmas Shoes.'

Yes, I'd heard the song before "Sir I want to buy these shoes, for my momma please. It's Christmas even and these shoes are just her size..." but had no idea that there was a movie. Oh dear. Before we knew it, we were sitting there with our plates on our laps, tea towels to our faces, as we heard 'Could you hurry sir, daddy says there's not much time. You see, she's been sick for quite a while. I know these shoes will make her smile. I want her to look beautiful, if momma meets Jesus tonight.' Seriously? Crying our eyes out into tea towels!!!! Of course then we just looked up at each other and started that horrible crying/laughing combination because we realized how sad and pathetic we were in this situation!

So to all my ladies out there who understand the need for a night of tears every once in a while, join us every Christmas. Pick a night with a couple of your best friends who know the real you, make some dinner, buy some really cute tea towels, rent 'The Christmas Shoes,' and join the annual festivity of Tacos, Tears, and Tea towels! Happy Crying ladies!

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  1. everyday gracesJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Found you via Sarandipity blog. This was so funny that I can totally relate. Good thing you had tea towels because napkins probably wouldn't have held all the tears ;-)

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    1. HRMApril 2, 2014 at 2:01 PM

      Thanks for comment! I had great visions of releasing my feelings into the blog world, and as you can see I've just now made it back. Nothing like a 3 year break. Anyway, I appreciate that you even took time to read it. Maybe it's time I pick life back up and write some more.

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