‘Tis the season of light, so let’s lighten things up with a touch of the funny.  A couple of years ago, I was out running errands with my three youngest kids.  The errands took longer than anticipated (don’t they always), so we stopped at a fast food place to grab something to eat.  The lady taking our order stared and then did a double take, staring first at me and then at each child.  It is worthy of mentioning at this point that two of the three kids look absolutely nothing like me and none of them share any resemblance to each other.  The woman gave me a sly smile and said, “Lord, you sure like your men different!”  It had been a long day and I really wasn’t up to extolling the virtues of adoption.  The kids weren’t listening, so I replied, “Yep, variety is the spice of life.”  She chuckled, “Ain’t that the truth.”

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