Now before anybody gets mad at me I am not making fun of Thanksgiving. I am simply having some fun! Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the greatness of this country and the things that have been provided for us throughout our lives. It is also a time of togetherness and celebration with family and friends, and it is because of my family and friends that I write this story with tongue in cheek.

I am not poking fun at the Good Lord, but am simply in one of my silly moods because I am about to begin the holidays and enjoy freedom from work for a while.

We guys always seem to stay in a small amount of trouble with one or several of the women in our lives. The trouble goes away or subsides for a few days, but then we tend to mess up a little and, once again, the ladies that keep us on the straight and narrow have to fuss at us and re-direct our paths.

I sometimes wonder why God named the female species WOMAN. Did he mean Woe Man, meaning that some men will live in the woes of life? Or, does it mean Whoa Man, meaning stop, get back, behave before the man messes up and aggravates the female.

Or could it also mean Whoooa, Man, meaning the guy steps back, catches himself and takes a deep breath at the sight of the beauty God has placed in the female? Well, probably he meant all three and even more. Now, none of this is scriptural and was all From the Book of Clifford, so don’t go out and start trying to teach this philosophy to anyone. Just ponder the thoughts to yourself.

I had to set this up because my son is now learning the fact that all three of these factors come into play in married life. I have tried to teach him, but after several years of marriage he is now learning on his own.

I am proud of him and I am one of the few men in life that can say my son and I work side by side every day. He is involved in our family business. I have done my best to teach him the ways of women and how to avoid various pitfalls that may come their way, but I am pleased to say that he has now fallen into one of those pits and in doing so, he has removed the woe’s from me. His actions have taken the spotlight off of me (at least for a few hours), and for this I am thankful.

His wife had agreed to make a pie for my daughter who was going to take the pie to work for the other women in their office. The game plan was for him to deliver the pie to our office this morning and my daughter would pick it up before she went to work. My daughter-in-law labored until late in the night to make the perfect pie for presentation the next morning.

My daughter arrived at the pick up point and my son was nowhere to be found. Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes and he had still not arrived at the drop off point. He would not answer his cell. Finally in frustration, my daughter had to leave for work as she was now running late. After a few more minutes it was discovered my son had overslept! In addition HE LEFT THE PIE AT HIS HOUSE! Oh…ohhhh…bad, bad move!

The phone lines began to burn. My daughter called my wife. My wife called her aunt. My aunt told our office staff of women. My daughter told her office staff of women. Mother-in-Law has probably heard about it and she has told her staff of women. My granddaughter is involved. His grandmother has heard about it! Other aunts will tell other women. Female cousins will hear of his deed. The event will probably be discussed at family Thanksgiving Dinners and during the next day’s shopping trips. The word will spread to other aunts throughout South Texas and within ten days time my son will be talked about from Texas to Pennsylvania where many of his in-law relatives live and throughout the entire U.S. as one female family member or friend tells another.

(I wish I could help him with a counter attack. He should have told everybody the pie his wife made looked so scrumptious, sooo delicious, soooo fantastic that he just couldn’t let somebody else enjoy the fruits of her hard work making it. Alas, I was too late!)

My son is now temporarily living in a Woe Man’s world! Ha! At least he has temporarily removed the heat from the rest of the men in his family and for that I am thankful!

Seriously, I hope you and your family had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Stop and take time to evaluate the good things God has given you. You will probably find more good things in your life than bad. Spread your thankfulness to others and celebrate! God Bless and hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Clifford

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