There were three sisters, each thinking that they were the favorite of their mother, liked to brag to the other two sisters. Since bragging was not a lady like thing to do, they each devised a plan to "show off" their new possessions given to them by their dear mother. One sister had received a sparking new ring. One sister acquired a pair of expensive earrings. While the third sister walked proudly in her brand new shoes. As they gathered together, the sister with the new ring pointed to an imaginary spider with her ring extended saying in a sugary drawl, "There's a spider". The sister with the new shoes responded as she gracefully put out her new shod foot shaking her heel back and forth singing, "must I mash him?". The sister with earrings replied in a knowing whine, moving her head side to side putting a finger behind each lobe as it made an appearance saying "no, no, no". The sisters were too consumed with their gifts that they never noticed the others gifts.
Other than, vanity makes you blind to others' gifts, I've never really figured out the moral of this story told to me by my grand mother, but it has become a family "thing". We don't even have to finish the story. When anyone gets something new we simply say "there's a spider" and we ALL know what we are talking about.
Its these kinds of things that make family family. The shared knowledge of each other, a collective sigh at the same things, a tradition that becomes second nature or a story that connects the generations. "Mama" maybe gone home to be with the Lord, but her stories are here alive and kicking just like her!
I know why I'M here...what about you.. :)?
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