Last week – on January
6th to be specific – Diane and I decided to have a little adventure with
Catherine and Victor before school started the following Monday. Because of the prevailing pandemic restrictions, our options were
quite limited. We settled for a car ride and a stroll across the Adàwe Crossing and in the park at the end of Somerset East. The Rideau River was
not yet completely frozen over and there were still quite a few seagulls and
several ducks swimming in the water.
I was acutely
conscious of the fact that this little adventure was not as exciting as
watching or reading about superheroes who could fly at incredible speed, leap
over tall buildings, morph into amazing shapes, manipulate space, time, energy…
I figured I needed to enhance the outing with something that I knew
they both enjoyed enormously. I bought a box of ice
cream Drumsticks for them to bring home. I told them they would have to ask
their dad if they could have one for dessert after lunch that day.
Disappointed, they reminded me that dessert was never on the menu at lunchtime. My
plan to enhance my superhero status was in jeopardy. I needed to come up with a
means of salvaging it. I told them, “Drumsticks are such special treats that
they deserve recognition. I, therefore, declare that today is International
Drumstick Day!” I assume that Kent, their dad who diligently prepares their
lunch most days, could not deny his children the privilege of celebrating the
first-ever International Drumstick Day and made an exception to the no-dessert
at lunchtime rule.
Add a reminder in your
calendar on January 6th, 2023, and don’t forget to celebrate International
ice cream Drumstick Day!
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