Thursday, December 24, 2009

Soul Food
( Alzheimer's disease tend to make the axiom fall apart )
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For 364 days of the year, here is an important axiom: "The younger the human, the more prone he/she is to error." Of course, this axiom has exceptions and qualifications. Things like Alzheimer's disease tend to make the axiom fall apart at its upper limits.
And of course, the acceptance of this axiom is inversely related to age - the younger a human is, the more he/she is certain that it does not apply to him/her. For the most part, though, it's a valid rule of thumb. Maturity leads to discernment. But not today. Not on Christmas.
Today, the older the human is, the more likely it is that he/she has made a mistake in the presents he/she has placed under a tree for someone younger. Aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-relatives and dear old family friends just tend to get increasingly out of touch with what little Kaitlyn and Trevor want for Christmas. Parents have a better track record of keeping up with those desires, but even they are far from perfect. In large part, though, the blame belongs to Trevor and Kaitlyn, because they are moving targets, just like every other child. Shopping for a gift, Grandma pictures sweet, chubby-cheeked little Trevor sitting on her knee, clad in a darling Scottie-dog sweater. Smiling, she selects a nice board book for him, or a "Bob the Builder" DVD. In real life, though, Trevor has moved on to Transformers, skateboards or Harleys.
On Christmas morning, he doesn't know what to make of Grandma's offering, any more than Kaitlyn knows why she's opening an Easy Bake Oven when what she wants is a new laptop. Me? I'm just as clueless about what gifts to bring before my children on Christmas Day. Fortunately for me and for them, my wife is more attuned to their everchanging ages. At least I'm smart enough to recognize that I'm out of touch. As a grizzled veteran of parenthood, what I tell first-timers showing off their firstborn is, "You're not going to believe how short a time it takes to change from an infant to a walking, talking child."
My advice, therefore, is that they enjoy holding that cuddly little bundle while they can, in the few short months before it hops down and runs off to become so much more than an infant.
My advice is pretty much the same for Christmas morning.
You can be forgiven for buying a Scottie-dog sweater for some growing boy who wouldn't be caught dead in it. Keep your receipts and buy from stores with liberal exchange policies. No big deal. And, by the way, enjoy this one day a year on which it is acceptable to cuddle the image of the baby Jesus.
Starting tomorrow, though, let him grow up. This is the second important 364-day-a-year axiom: "Don't just picture Christ as an infant when he's so much more." By Doug L. Mendenhall ...http://blog.al.com

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