At Home

“Good morning, Charlie. Are you ready for breakfast? I cooked some blueberry pancakes for you and your brothers,” came cheerfully from Mom’s mouth.

“I was going to wait for James and William to get out of bed.” Then I turned to Dad who was reading the paper in the den, “Dad, have you eaten yet?”

“I ate a piece of sugar cake, but other than that, no.”

“Oh, ok.” I then looked back at Mom and responded with, “I can wait, so we can sit down together to eat.” I proceeded into the den where I took a seat on the couch with Dad. I sprawled out with my head on my father’s lap, trying to go back to sleep, but he wanted to play. As he tickled me and I would try to fight it, but I never had any luck because of his strength compared to mine. “Quit,” I yelped with agonizing despair. “MOM! Get Dad off of me!”

“Jimmy quit bothering him. He just woke up and I don’t want you to wake up the boys.”

“It’s time for them to get out of bed, anyway,” Dad said with

. . .
As we walked up the steps I was astounded with the joyful fulfillment of waking my brothers. We usually continue the wrestling until she screams, but it was Christmas Eve and it was the first breakfast she had cooked in six years that everyone could attend.

“Dad, quit! This is between me and Charlie. So we all went into the den and proceeded to watch television until Mom was ready for us to sit down and eat. Now I want a nice peaceful meal with no arguing. Dad and I walked into my brothers’ room, anticipating that they might wake up.

“Mom, at which table will we be eating?”

“The one in the dining room should be fine. All of us went into the kitchen and took a seat at the table. Five minutes didn’t go past until we were at it again. I, being a young boy, could not resist the temptation and jumped into the rumble as well. ”

“Well since it was my idea, it must be my fight. Sitting there eating, quietly, looking at my family, it was the best meal of life.

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Approximate Word count = 967
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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