Made by My Daughter in College! |
Then, the news came that there would be a full rehearsal with the musician on the first night! PAUSE for effect. For those Christians reading this, that's sort of like saying that school is scheduling a mandatory baseball practice at midnight on Christmas Eve. You just don't do that. So, Mom and Dad have a conversation to decide how we're going to handle this. Yes, the show must go on. We figured if we're lucky, we'd make it to the Seder in time for a plate of food.
Fortunately, the rehearsal ended with plenty of time to get to our Seder. However, son was taking his time exiting the building. When I ran in to get him, he sighed and said, "Oh, I thought we weren't going." First question he asks is, "When am I going to get my homework finished?" Granted, as my kids hit high school age, they typically have homework over Spring Break and Winter Break; however, they have 5-10 days to do it. The Seder is 3 hours long on a school night. Why did he have to figure out when he was going to have to do homework? Passover, unlike most Jewish holidays, is a true celebration. We read through the story of the Exodus. We eat. We sing songs. So, why did my son have to figure out at what point he was going to slip out and do his homework?
As dinner turned into dessert, my went into another room and did his homework. Then, we returned to the table for our favorite part of the meal - singing.
I sent my niece and nephew a video of us singing the family's favorite Passover song. My grown nephew was touched. This is the same song that often brought fear to my husband's family, as it became a tradition to have a water gun fight in the middle of it!
On the drive home at 10PM, with more homework yet to be done, I said, "I'm really glad we were able to be at the full Seder." This time, my son's response was, "Me too, I was sad that we were going to miss it."
Tonight, my daughter and her non-Jewish friends made "homemade" Matzoh Ball soup. Her paternal grandmother would be so proud.
Happy Passover.