{"id":515,"date":"2014-05-12T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=515"},"modified":"2014-05-15T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T21:35:36","slug":"counting-blessings-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/counting-blessings-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Blessings and Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"In3 friends got together for a Mothers\u2019 Day brunch.
\nOnly 1 of the 3 friends had a living mother. The other 2 kept their mothers in their hearts.
\n2 of the 3 friends brought their daughters. 1 of the 3 had her daughter in her heart.<\/p>\n

2 of the 3 had 1 son each. The sons weren\u2019t invited.
\nThe 2 friends without mothers had living fathers. The 1 with the live mother had lost her father but had sisters. Neither of the other friends or their daughters had sisters. But that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n

Of the 3 friends there were 4 former husbands, not invited. Putting the 3 friends and the 2 daughters together there was only 1 boyfriend. Currently.
\nNo current husbands in the bunch.<\/p>\n

The 5 women together had 4 houses, 9 cats, and 4 dogs, counting the boyfriend\u2019s dog, not counting the friend\u2019s dog that died<\/a> 2 weeks ago. The dogs were invited to the brunch.<\/p>\n

At the brunch they shared the 2 daughters. They drank and ate well, outside. The dogs played. A neighbor joined them. The resident cats disappeared.
\nIn 2 days the 1 living mother would come to town and take the 3 friends out for dinner.
\nThe 2 fathers would get together at the fatherless friend\u2019s house whenever they were both in town.
\nIf the friends pooled their blessings they could celebrate endlessly.<\/p>\n

Of the 3 friends, if one doesn\u2019t eat red meat and another won\u2019t eat wheat, and the third doesn\u2019t do dairy or dessert, what did they serve at the brunch besides fruit salad and mimosas?
\nIf 1 drinks tea, 1 drinks coffee, and 1 drinks only water or wine depending on the time of day, how many mimosas did they all consume?<\/p>\n

Sometimes it takes a village to have a brunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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