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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