“How about just a late-afternoon tea?” Susan suggested. “We could do it sometime in late January or February, and we can decorate with spring flowers. We’ll all be dying for a reminder that warm weather is coming by then.”
“How about a guest list.”
“And a theme.”
Ten minutes later Jed and his son were standing by the back door, watching the two women.
“I can’t believe this,” Chad said. “After what happened two weeks ago, they’re busy planning another party! I would have thought they’d be afraid of bad luck following them from party to party.”
Jed smiled at his son. “I can’t say that I understand women, but I do know one thing.”
“What?”
“Your mother always looks at the future with optimism, no matter what has happened. And you know what else? That’s just one of the many reasons I’m very glad I married her thirty years ago.”
Chad rolled his eyes and headed inside to check out the refrigerator.
Susan, having overheard, looked up at her husband and smiled before getting down to work on yet another guest list.
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