North Battleford Action Now Seniors met Oct. 10 at noon for a birthday potluck lunch to celebrate September and October birthdays.
Action Now supplied the chicken breasts and members supplied the rest of the meal.
President Margaret Kemp welcomed everyone, including two visitors. Celebrating September birthdays were Mildred L’Heureux, Evelyn Foster, Mae Johnson, Merril Miller and Mary Baycroft (not present). Having birthdays in October are Theresa Elias, Olga Sendicki, Helen Polischuk and Buellah Lippe.
Fay Taylor presented Helen Polischuk with an over-85-years honorary certificate.
Margaret Kemp talked about how as we get older some if us love more birthdays and then some hate having another birthday. Stella Ewanchuk gave a beautiful Thanksgiving prayer reminding us how thankful we should be for everything we have in our life when there is so much going on in our world that is negative. We sometimes forget to be thankful.
Margaret then read to us about "mean moms,” something we have all been accused of if we have any children. We then sat down to a beautiful lunch and had a fun afternoon together playing Kaiser.
The next Action Now birthday party will be combined with a Christmas party on Dec. 12. See you all there.
Action Now Centre is located at 1501 - 101 St. in North Battleford. The centre is open four days a week. Monday and Thursday canasta is played at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday the game is Kaiser cash back at 1:30 p.m. Friday cribbage cash back is hosted at 1:30.
On the first and third Friday of every month there is a Kaiser tournament at 7:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome. If you don’t have transportation, the handi bus is available for a small fee. Anyone 50 years and over is invited to join the club.
The centre is smoke and scent free.
Mean Moms
Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
I loved you enough to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.
I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment and tears in my eyes.
I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.
But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when I knew you would hate me for it. Those were the most difficult battles of all. I’m glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
That is what’s wrong with the world today. It just doesn’t have enough mean moms.
