Sunday, December 26, 2004

Christmas Contrasts

Christmas breakfast was prepared by Aunt Sheila. Around the table were Royce [father of Danielle], Aunt Sheila, Aleish [daughter of Sheila], Christian [son of Aliesh], Ben [Danielle’s brother] Kari [wife of Ben] Danielle Rowan and Simon. We held off presents until 10.00.
Xmas Dinner saw all 9 of us go over to Maxine’s [Danielle’s Great Aunt] where we joined Ralph [husband of Maxine], Marna [daughter of Maxine] Sheldon [boyfriend of Marna] and his 90+ father.

So, after all that family activity it was a real contrast for Danielle and I to walk to the Quaker meeting house http://quakersbucks.org/soton.htm across the way for meeting for worship this morning. [Rowan stayed home watching Harry Potter with Kari] Total number of people at meeting – 6! Not exactly like Friargate in York, but very peaceful. The meeting house has a huge picture window into the forest, so that you can really have a good think.

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