Monday, January 15, 2018

This is What a Celebration Looks Like!

Justin has been having a very difficult time at his job for many months, and for many reasons. He's vented to us, sent late-night texts that are worrisome to his mother, and generally been miserable. I offered advice when I was asked, and sympathy and caring when it seemed that he needed it the most. I know that this is not really my problem nor could I fix it, but no mother wants to see her child so unhappy for so long.

Late last week, Justin called with some good news - finally! The details are not really mine to recount, but I think I do get to share that I grabbed a cider and literally danced when I got off the phone.

He came home for a quick overnight visit on Saturday to tell us the whole story, and I decided this was worth a celebration. When the boys were young, good grades, happy news, and sometimes just the fact that we were lucky to have such great kids got celebrated and marked with a special dinner. That's just what this occasion called for.


I admired the sun shining through the pie plates I got out to bread the chicken parmesan.


There were twice-baked potatoes to go with the chicken parmesan,


and a beer for each of us to raise to Justin and good news.

It may look like just an ordinary weekend meal, but I hope you can also see the hope, happiness, and relief that were a big part of this celebratory dinner. Here's hoping you've got good things going on in your world this week.

15 comments:

  1. I'm so glad for Justin, whatever the details of his story! And you're a great mom to pull this celebratory dinner together for him. What more could he want than his loving parents, a delicious meal and a good beer!?

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  2. Yay, Justin! Impromptu celebrations are just the best!

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  3. What a relief for all of you, Bonny, and such good news! I needed to hear some good news this morning, so I thank you. I hope this is just a portent of more to come this week.

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    1. I am sending wishes that you get to hear plenty of good news of your own. Thinking of you ...

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  4. I'm happy for Justin and for all of you! What better way to celebrate than with a good home cooked meal. Wishing the best for you & your family!

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  5. Any time things improve related to a job, it's cause for celebration! Yay for him, I hope it goes really well.

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  6. I'm so happy! For Justin . . . AND for you. Because it's so hard to be a mother. Where we can't fix much, but really want to fix All The Things. And here's to a wonderful home-cooked "Mom-Meal" (as Brian calls them). Because they are the best way to celebrate the good things in life that happen to our kids. XOXO

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  7. Wonderful news!! Yay for Justin. And yay for a great celebration dinner - my favorite kind - at home! Everything looks delicious and I am so glad some of your worrying/anxiety can be forgotten now. LOVE your blue pie plate.

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  8. Oh, don't I know the heartache and worry... and the HAPPY DANCE w/CIDER feeling, too! I'm so glad there's good news for Justin. You sound so relieved... and celebratory!!

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  9. Wonderful news! (Because when the kid is unhappy the mom is unhappy...) And that dinner looks wonderful. I'm sure he parted happy and content.

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  10. So glad you had a chance to celebrate after all your months of worry! Good luck to Justin and whatever his next step might be!

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  11. Good news is worth a celebration. Justin is lucky to have you for his Mom. Advice, support, and empathy are quite a balancing act. I hope his news continues to be good.

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  12. We went through similar times with Stephen. Yes ...........good news is cause for a celebratory meal and a Yuengling!!!

    Congrats to Justin!

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  13. Congratulations to Justin and YAYAYYAYAYAY for YOU!! I love that chicken parm and twice baked potatoes feature into celebratory dinners. but this inquiring mind is wondering "what's for dessert?" (in all seriousness, I'm so glad you had some good mama-news - what a wonderful way to begin the year!)

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  14. I am so happy that things worked out for Justin. Worrying about our adult kids (and I do!) is the worst ever. I hope he is blissed out in happiness and more than that, contentment. May it last forever!

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