Posted by JD Seller on July 17, 2015 at 21:15:53 from (208.126.198.123):
It really is a simple thing but it really made me think today. Since my wife is recovering I did some house work today while being handy if she needed anything. Our dogs stay in the kitchen most of time as it is easiest room to keep the floor clean. So it gets swept and mopped 3-4 times each week. Nothing new there. So today while I was moving the kitchen table she asked me to just take the last leaf out of it. It is a long table with rounded ends. It has 3-4 removable leaves in it. This kitchen is not as big as the one on the home place so we only had one leaf in it. It still was "big" for our kitchen. So now it is just a simple round table. Maybe 50 inches around. Four chairs instead of the "normal" 6-8. It does make more room in the kitchen and makes cleaning it easier.
We do not have the whole family over to this house as we still usually go to the home place to where my son lives for get togethers now. Which is what we planned as my wife is just not able to do the big gatherings anymore. We go and she has a good time but we do not have the work of making it all come together.
So now my life has come a full circle. My first wife and I started out married life with a very small table. Just room for two to eat on. Then as the kids came along and grew we added this larger table. It will seat 12 people with all the leaves in it. It was that large for a lot of years too. It seemed like the kids and their friends kept it full for many years. Then the Grand Kids came along and they filled it once more. Now that had changed once again. We are back at a small table again.
The table does not look as grand as it was in all it's stretched out glory. It looks smaller and less vital now. I feel it is mirroring our lives in a way. It is just a table but is it????????????????????????????
It is just a cheap imported table that we could afford at the time. It is oak but it is not valuable in any way other than sentimentally. It has witnessed a lot of the high and lows of our lives. I was setting at that table when my first wife told me about her cancer. She left a cigar wrapped in blue paper by my plate the night she told me our youngest son was on his way. I have signed countless documents on that table. From buying/selling equipment to financing the farm. There has been many a family meal at that table where my children told us about their day or later about us becoming Grand Parents. I have set many a night at that table with tears running down my face after my first wife died when I just could not hardly find the will to go on. I asked my second wife to marry me while she set at that table after we cleaned up after a family meal. I see her every morning setting there taking her meds while drinking coffee. Lots of flash backs setting there.
So it really is more than just a table. It is kind of witness to our normal everyday life. It will NEVER leave this house while I still breath. I have too many memories setting there.
This post was edited by JD Seller at 22:43:47 07/17/15 2 times.
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