Fun, Fellowship & Laughter
What a night!! It was crisp and chilly but not bone chilling. The stars were out. A good thing too because I went on a sleigh ride tonight. It was alot of fun. We crammed 14 ladies into this sleigh and huddled under blankets and sang as we were pulled along by two beautiful horses along a resort area in the tourist town we live in.
We stopped to see the sites along the way. We saw the deer they have fenced in; imported from Europe. These were not your normal run of the mill deer. I see deer...a dime a dozen in my neck of the woods. No these deer were very light colored, many of them albino white . We were invited to feed them and that we did. The deer all came running to the fence and more than welcomed the corn and grain we scooped from a large bucket on our side of the fence. They enjoyed the company as well. The trick was to try and reach the babies but the bucks were discouraging that as they wanted the food for themselves. My hands were slimy when I was done with that task. But it was fun. Not every day you have white deer slime on your fingers.
We continued along and glided around a very large skating pond with a beautiful white bridge that crosses over it. There were about a dozen or so skaters out and about the brightly lit and well maintained skating pond. Everything all over the place was lit up with white lights. We eventually went over that bridge and felt the wind pick up as we did so. Brrrrrrrr it was more than a bit chilly then. Feet were starting to go numb and those that took off mittens to feed the deer were starting to feel their fingers go numb as well.
The ride was over and we found ourselves back at the gazebo where we started and jumped off the sleigh. Some stayed to pet the horses that pulled us along and others ran for the fire that would welcome us back. "Watch your mittens" I heard the driver say to the ladies that stayed behind as I was one that was running for the fire. "They like to take them off your hands" he said.
It was a night about friendship, fellowship and fun. It was a welcome change from the everyday duties that can make everyday seem like the other. We need to do this once in a while; a get away from the phones, computers, fax machines, dishwashers, and cranky people in our lives and kick our heels up and enjoy each other as we remember what it's like to be a kid again. I forget how much fun it was to be a kid and then I remember......it was like tonight.
A friend is a person who sees through you and still enjoys the view.