The Bread Of The Presence

10 years, that was how long we had our kitchen table, 10 long old years. I'm sure many of you saw that old glass table in our kitchen, the chairs were stained, the thread was pulling up, and the black paint was chipping away but that was our family table and we gathered their for many family dinners. But the time had finally come to say goodbye to that table, oh happy day, and that happy day was today. The new, sturdy, wood, Merlot table arrived today but it could not have come at a worse time. I had looked forward to this day for probably 10 years. Okay, maybe more like 8;) I was so excited I even started decorating the walls around the table so the whole kitchen looked better. But it was also a special day for CJ, it was his last GMS (Good Morning Slaughter) of the year and as a Kindergartner and they were going to transition them over to First Grade. How exciting. We arrived to the gym just in time for the Pledge of Allegiance. He took his seat with his class as I sat with the other excited parents in the bleachers. I decided to check my phone just in case, but surely the furniture delivery people don't come before 5pm, they want you to waste your whole day waiting on them, right;) But, NO, 3 missed calls "Mrs. Cook we are at your house waiting on you with your new table please give us a call at 1-800..." I made a mad dash for the door in the middle of the ceremony. Needless to say I did make it home in time, but I felt so sad, and so down. I missed CJ's, my one and only, probably my lasts, Kindergarten ceremony. When I picked him from school later on that day he told me he cried after the GMS because he couldn't find me and I didn't tell him goodbye, that was more icing on the cake. Kindergarten was the best ever and I'm sure First grade will be even better. It's just so hard watching them grow up, especially when there is only one of them, but I wouldn't trade any of it for anything in the whole wide world. We gathered at our new table tonight for what was probably the best spaghetti dinner I have ever made and we thanked Jesus for His Presence at our table and for being the bread of life:)