Expect Ups and Downs
You know you wrote out that list of things you have to do to get what you want? Well, when you start working through it, you’ll find that some things go far better than you thought. It turns out that your estranged parents are actually ready to bury the past, at least for long enough to share a table at the family event. They were expecting it and had already decided to make the day as happy as possible. What a pleasant surprise, after all the ructions you were anticipating.
What you hadn’t predicted was the roof of your sister’s house collapsing a week before the event, necessitating you ordering a tent at the eleventh hour so the event could be held in her garden instead.
Everything in life has its ups and downs, ins and ...
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