CONJECTURE

Maybe I’m just suspicious

But what would you think?

Our Relief Society is way too organized

And way too perfectionistic

To call someone just two weeks before

The Christmas social to ask them

To participate.

My goodness, when they asked me

To demonstrate something from the garden

On “Bon Appetit” night

They asked me three months ahead

Checking with me regularly to make sure

I’m meeting their expectations.

The Christmas Social is the highlight of the year.

Just this morning, Kathi called to ask

If I would do my “little thing”,

“I like to call it a Christmas card,”

she chuckled.

It started out years ago as my annual

Despised Christmas letter.

It has evolved until last year,

I entitled it a sermon.

Perhaps they didn’t like it,

Down-sizing it to my “little thing.”

“Shanel (our neighbor on the committee)

 said you might not be here,”

Kathi continued.

Ed had told her

That we are going on a cruise.

“When is the social?”

“December 8^th.”

“We’ll be gone.”

I wonder if when they ascertained

That we definitely would

 be gone,

They concluded

“What will it cost to ask her

Since she won’t be here?”

What would you think?

 Smart

On their part.

It worked.