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I\u2019m free as a bird this morning, thanks to our son. I called him yesterday to finalize plans for the Labor Day Family Reunion which will be at our house. Near the end of our conversation, he said he was making a list of everything that could possibly go wrong this weekend and worrying about it for me. That, and a box of fresh sweet corn from the organic farm where he works, would be his contribution for the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t even started worrying,\u201d I told him. \u201cMy plan was to have fun and not worry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly,\u201d he agreed, \u201cand thanks to me, you can let your worries go completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat worries?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll sorts of things,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m worrying about falling limbs, so you don\u2019t have to. And polyester. You don\u2019t have to worry about polyester at all. I\u2019m taking care of that along with fear of nuclear attack.\u201d He listed several more items I can\u2019t remember. They were all pretty random, far beyond my normal worry zone.<\/p>\n

As he talked, the more potential worries surfaced. \u201cWould you like to talk to your father?\u201d I bailed and handed the phone to Hiram. \u201cHe\u2019s doing all the worrying about the weekend for us,\u201d I whispered. \u201cAsk him about polyester.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few minutes later, Hiram hung up. \u201cAllen said we don\u2019t have to worry about cat AIDS because he\u2019s taking care of that.\u201d He looked dazed. \u201cAt first I thought Allen said \u2018cat eggs,\u2019 and asked him what cat eggs were. He said, \u2018No, cat AIDS, but I\u2019ll worry about cat eggs for you, too. Don\u2019t think about it ever again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

So until after Labor Day, Hiram and I are not worrying one iota about falling limbs, nuclear attack, cat eggs, cat AIDS, or polyester. But we\u2019re not calling our son again this week. We don\u2019t want to know about the dangers posed by aluminum foil, ranch dressing, tree frogs, or anything else on his worry list.<\/p>\n

Allen volunteered for this duty. He can have it. In the meantime, we\u2019re free as birds and lovin\u2019 it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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