Father’s Day Cancelled
This year we cancelled Father's Day… and… Mother's Day. I was away for Mom's Day. I was the Lay Director for the Walk To Emmaus. The workload leading up to the WTE was pretty hefty. Unlike other dad's at the WTE I didn't have my stuff together enough to surprise Tess with anything in absentia. We agreed a few days prior to the WTE weekend that we'd defer Mother's Day to Father's Day.
Now we're moving. I am deep into a new job. Tess is also preparing to go to Canada with the kids (another activity to which we've cancelled my attendance) and the flat we're moving into is half the size of our current flat.
The other day whilst I was sorting and throwing stuff out Tess walked into the room. "Remember what we said about Mother's Day," she asked.
"Yes," I replied, "we said we'd defer to Father's Day."
"Have you done or planned anything?"
"No, have you?"
"No."
"Shall we defer?" I asked.
"Yes, but promise me you haven't planned anything," Tess begged.
"I haven't," I assured her.
So we sailed up to Sunday a few days later and suddenly Tess said, "Father's Day isn't Sunday!"
"No it's NEXT Sunday," I explained.
"Are we still deferring?" Tess asked.
"Yes."
"Okay."
Above: with Sebastian and one of his friends, Adam, during a busy weekend. We're standing next to a "James Bond car" as Sebastian calls it: Aston Martin.
