When we tried to schedule a staff lunch to undecorate the library, many people had plans to be on the road or away for one reason or another during that last week before the library closed. In past years, we had just gone ahead with whomever was around since the purpose was less about eating and more about packing away the holiday decor. But this year, there was a feeling that we should wait on the meal part until everyone could come.
We tried moving it to the week before the undecorating, but our schedules did not coincide. So we moved it to the first week everyone returned. Today! We gathered in the break room around steaming crockpots of soup and three bean chili. The vibrant greens and reds of a gleaming tossed salad invited us to jump in. There were cheeses and crackers, cookies and brownies, and all varieties of cranberry juices.
It was just the thing to hold us in comfortable fellowship for an hour while we chatted about the destruction of Mercereau Hall which was happening as we munched, about Christmas encounters, about family, about the nativity inaccuracies (what day was Jesus really born and how old was he when the wisemen came?), about the upcoming semester.
It wasn't until after we broke up and headed back to our offices that Linda pointed out how appropriate our gathering was - since today is the Feast of the Epiphany, it seemed fortuitous that we had gathered for a feast and talked about the wisemen! Not planned, but perfect. I wonder if the wisemen ever enjoyed great chili with cheese melting all down over it?
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