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| Marlene Terry |
Short if
you've already planned a party, the invitations have gone out, and you're in
charge of the whole shebang!
Seems
stressful at the very least, that one would, at this point, suddenly start
wondering how to make the day especially festive.
For me the
answer would be simple. I'd just forget all the fluff and circumstance, hang
The Flag, purchase a few more bags of chips and some extra pop and call it
good.
Not the
same for some people. Take my daughter for instance.
A few years
ago we made an impromptu trip (no one knew we were coming) on that holiday over
to be with the family in eastern Idaho,
where she lives. She'd finished up more than one lengthy community project
that week (she's a perpetual volunteer) and with enthusiasm and energy to pull
of another "big" activity on the wane, we (she and I) decided to keep
the Independence Day fun, simple.
... After
all, we agreed, anything we came up with wouldn't hold a candle to the fabulous
and enormous fireworks display put on at night there from the banks of the Snake River.
"We'll
just have a 'little lunch' in the afternoon and then go over to the river early
so we can get a good seat," I think she said.
Sounded
good to me and we prepared for a fun relaxing day, laced with the happiness
that being with family at special times like that always brings.
... And
that "little lunch?"
Besides an
individual, custom made flag centerpiece for each guest, it included barbecued
chicken AND pork, a potato salad to die for, homemade rolls, a red, white and blue flag cake decorated with raspberry
and whipped cream stripes, a field of blue (berries) and some "It's no big
deal, just the packaged mix," she said, brownies. ... And we all stood
gawking in disbelief at the perfect powdered sugar stars placed exactly in the middle
of each one.
... A very special
day with the girl who always makes them that way!
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