I look in the nearby shrubs and there… I find it! It’s a little vine creeper… Perfect! I string the creeper through, in and around the table settings … Voila! It’s all come together. My daughter, Rachel, strings the fairy lights across some nearby poles and my brother-in-law, Floyd, gets the fire going in the wheelbarrow, while hubby, Garth and my sister- in-law, Chantel, get the dinner going…
Today’s story comes from Nola, who is telling us about a joyful moment during an otherwise taxing time, during the first lockdown.
Despite being chronically ill, Nola preserved a beautiful memory of the lockdown dinner organised by her family, which turned out to be a really special ocasion.
DISCUSSION
We discuss the concept of happiness. How has this been influenced by the last year, when our habits were modified and our expectations changed?
I share a little about Zygmunt Bauman, a sociologist who argued that in ‘liquid modernity’, people’s behaviours change, and their concept of happiness can be influenced.
RECOMMENDATION
This week’s recommendation is Babette’s Feast, a perfect example of magic in the mundane.
Series 3 of My Beautiful Stories podcast offers a space for YOUR STORIES to be heard. You can listen to the first story from our audience here.
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