It was very difficult to not feel hurt and rejected when Mom told me Thursday night that I was no longer welcome to Dad’s 75th birthday “dupper.” She told me she didn’t know why, but that he changed his mind and wanted the meal out to be just the 2 of them.
He had planned to go out to Harrison Park Restaurant with Mom and her friend Jill from Orangeville. Jill, Barry, Marissa, Brett and Chandra were a family of family friends. Wednesday he decided that he no longer wanted to go out with Jill and Mom. Thursday he told Mom I was not invited, he wanted it just the 2 of them.
But, as luck may have it, a friend texted me asking if I was available to go see the Mill Dam at noon on Friday. We had a beautiful fall day to watch for salmon to climb the ladders to their spawning beds. There were a couple dozen fish, but none decided to climb when we were there.
We went to Harrison Park for lunch and my friend had pastrami on rye. Ironically, not only did we end up at the same restaurant as Dad’s dupper, but my Mom also ordered pastrami on rye. After lunch we walked on part of the trails. A fantastic fall day with a good friend. A really nice day. Thanks RR. (Mom needed to lay down after just the 2 of them ate at a restaurant)
