CRUELTY FOR DINNER

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Serialization of Neil’s Internationally Distributed Novel (Rust On My Soul) (Published by Bridge Press(1985) starts on his blog Wyrick’s Writings Tuesday April 13th and continues each Tuesday until finished. Thursday and Sunday will continue to cover a variety of subjects.

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The frail old man had gone to live with his son, daughter-in-law and four –year old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight translated everything into a blur and each step seemed as if it might be his last.

The family ate together at the table every night but the grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating an adventure in one failure after the other.

Food dropped consistently on the floor as it never made its way to his mouth. Milk was spilled because his shaky hands could not hold the glass steadily.

Each night the irritation of the old man’s children became more and more and their patience less and less.

Finally the son said “We must do something about grandfather.”

So from that night on they set a small table in the corner away from the family where he began to eat alone while the rest of the family enjoyed their meal. And since he had broken a dish or two, his food now was served in a wooden bowl.

Sometimes which was seldom when they cast a glance in his direction they could detect tears in his eyes and sometimes a tear trickled down his cheek and into the wooden bowl.

Still the only words he heard from the couple were angry words when he dropped a utensil or spilled food.

Their four year old watched in silence.

One evening after dinner the couple looked at their four year old son playing with wood scraps in the corner. “What are you doing they asked?”

“Oh, I’m trying to figure out how to make a wooden bowl for each of you so that when you get older you will have something to put your food in.”

It was the last night the grandfather ate his meals in the corner alone.

1 John 3:18 NRSV:
”Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.”

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