Reunion

It was CNY eve, I felt some sense of warmth when I saw two young men having lunch with their aged father, not in any flashy restaurant but only a simple coffee shop.  I think it is very rare nowadays for parent(s) to be able to have a simple quiet meal their children, especially young working adult children like the two young men.  At this lifestage, we (think) we have other life priorities.

Weekdays we'd be out till late at night after work.  Weekends we either sleep in late or go out again to run errands or have other social events to de-stress, so to speak.  Sometimes, some of us will make a point to have  at least one dinner with our parent(s).  Ya..we also make sure we all come home for a grand dinner on CNY eve night..for the so called Reunion Dinner.

But .. isn't it much more meaningful for us to be together on 'normal days, normal occasions'?   No need to wait till special occasions.  I'm sure the father that I saw in the coffee shop enjoyed his chicken rice lunch with the two sons much more than the reunion dinner.