This year I told my children not to come to me for Easter, because it is no longer healthy to prepare for the holiday.

Modern pensioners, especially from villages and villages, are always waiting for their children and grandchildren for the holidays. After all, this is a great opportunity to get together, discuss the news, enjoy success, even gossip. What's the big deal? If The kids came to Grandma's.They set the table, immediately create the right atmosphere, and relatives who have not seen each other for a long time can finally communicate.

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Therefore, skipping such family holidays is not recommended. First of all, it's ugly. After all, older relatives have neighbors who, as usual, know everything first. No son or daughter here? That's parenting. And secondly, how can you offend a loved one, especially on a holy day? It's wrong. Even unacceptable.

When winter is relatively warm, it is often followed by a long and cold spring. That was the case this time. Valentina Valeryevna knew this well. Her joints shouted to the woman about bad weather outside her window, even when she herself was in a relatively warm bed. Batteries worked somehow: savings are important. So her thoughts were far away from the coming Easter holiday.



I had to talk to the kids and tell them not to come. Who wants to see an old mother like that? Especially bringing grandchildren. It's dangerous. And there is no holiday mood at all. We'll have to recover a little bit, and then maybe quietly celebrate with two women next door. They're single pensioners, too.

The conversation with the eldest son was short. He is now a big boss, a businessman. He has no time to travel from the regional center to the village. There's also a reason to refuse to eat. Oh, come on, he's really working a lot here. At least it helps financially. It is a pity that it is visited infrequently, only in rare, one might say extreme cases.



Peels Youngest daughter is the opposite. I still didn't want to hang up. She was talking about her husband, her kids. She has three young children. At home, she sits with them and rarely goes out to get fresh air. So her life is also not sugar: always cleaning, washing, ironing. It's totally up to her husband. And children, you know, you need an eye for them, you won't relax.

However, Valentina Valerievna’s children did not insist that their mother take them. They only gave out a lot of advice on how to behave if he is not well. They gave a couple of recipes for “miracle” decoctions, “which will definitely put you on your feet”, but that, in fact, is all. It's such a time. There's nothing you can do.

Well, at least Kuzya is here. A large, well-fed and very affectionate gray cat. He loved Grandma Valya and was always there. Often cats in the village do not want to stay at home and only sometimes come home if it is very cold outside or if they are completely hungry. But Kuzya wasn't like that. He was a housemate, a purr and a real gentleman: he went out on his own business. He preferred the company of his hostess.



It was clear that there could be no talk of going to church to consecrate all the necessary things. So Valentina Valerievna spent her day as usual: a little housework, watching old TV and reading. All right, so far the glasses have been working. So for this hobby she had every opportunity.

The next morning, the pensioner was in a bad mood. I wanted some kind of holiday, but life is such that it does not always give us only the good. Got up, washed up, talked to Kuzei. He looked at the hostess with his big round eyes and seemed to understand everything. I didn't even meow, I just listened. He was quiet, even when it was time to feed him. Good girl.



After a couple of hours in the yard heard the noise of cars and voices of people. “Relatives came to the neighbours. Well, nothing. But next year it will be celebrated.” A woman thought. It happens.

But the noise kept growing, and finally they knocked on the door. “It can’t be,” just managed to think puzzled pensioner. But that's exactly what happened. She was met by familiar faces outside. It was all here, son and daughter. Grandsons, son-in-law, daughter-in-law. Everyone's fun, happy. With some bags. Laughing, asking them to come in.

We went inside. And they started pulling food out of their bags. Everything festive, fresh. Don't cook, put it on the table and celebrate. It turned out that they managed to go to church, and then decided to go to Valentina Valerievna together. They bought appliances along the way, all sorts of stuff on the house, so that nothing had to be washed. Here we go.



For an old woman, it was a pleasant and very unexpected gift. She even cried a little with surprise. Relatives told the news and asked how Grandma was doing. It was somehow family warm and cozy. Even though the heating is not normal. But it wasn't cold that day. It was a real holiday that their family had not had for a very, very long time.