For years, when my parents lived in the same town as we do,
our family would go to their house on Sunday afternoons for lunch. Quite often
my mom would make tacos, authentic American tacos, because, well... we
like tacos—and they are quick and easy to prepare. I soon developed a habit of
saying, “Thanks for the tacos,” as we left their house to go home, even if we’d
had something else to eat.
Yes, my kids thought I was crazy but I think they thought
that for a lot of reasons, not just because I was thankful for non-existent
tacos!
Somehow, over the years, this became a favorite saying of
mine. Anytime we’d visit my parents’ house and eat anything, I’d say, “Thanks
for the tacos.” Eventually, I began repeating the phrase for things that
weren’t even food related, and sometimes for nothing at all. At times, it
didn’t even make sense and still, I’d say it. And yes, my kids still seemed to
think I’d lost it somewhere long ago!
But my mother never even questioned it. She’d just respond
with, “You’re welcome.”
This past weekend, since my father is currently out of the
country, my mother came for a visit. Yesterday after church, we had her, along
with all our children and their kids at our house for lunch. My wife and I
made... tacos.
Oddly enough, I wasn’t even thinking about my saying. That
is, until the end of the meal when my mom said, “Thanks for the tacos!” We all
laughed a bit at that. But one of my grandsons didn’t see any humor in it.
Obviously to him, it was quite normal to say “Thanks for the tacos” when we had,
in fact, had tacos. I tried to explain it to him but he just shook his head and
gave me, and everyone else, a strange look. That he included everyone else in
his eye-rolling moment is what made me smile; my kids are now viewed as
slightly deranged by the next generation. Welcome to my world! And, “Thanks for
the tacos.” ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, and The Wynn Garrett
Series. Available in ebook and paperback on iTunes, Amazon, Barnes &
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Bruce
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