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Christmas–Just days away. Traffic bips along through splashing puddles, merging from one lane to another, zipping from shop to shop. Everyone in a hurry trying to get one more Christmas errand done.
One little red car putters through slippery wet streets on a cold Winter’s day. It’s crammed full of people, spanning four generations of a family. Everyone is bundled up in coats, blankets, hats, mittens. Driver and adult passenger try to engage in a quick moment of adult conversation–intense dialogue about an important family decision: The Old Lady–Will the NEW family Elder-Care plan work? New Baby coos, slipping into a little baby nap. Twenty-month old Toddler sings in full volume, “Oh, Kee-kee-kee!” translated that is “Oh, Christmas Tree!” Eleven year-old Pubescent hollers from the way-back seat, “Mom, can we go get pizza?” And the Old Lady, the Great Grandma, almost 92 years old, sings, too, but a completely different song: “To You, Sweetheart, Aloha.” She sings in full volume, too. All this as the little red auto bops along, chugging to the happy delirium of a Multi-Gen family. Chaos. Crazy love chaos. And the family? It’s mine…
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