Over the weekend, I had the chance to have a simple lunch with the family and it was in such moments that I feel truly blessed. I am glad that I pushed through for it to happen.
Last week, I was in a dilemma as I could not figure out what everyone wanted to eat. I was half wanting to cancel the whole lunch as I could not think of a place that would meet everyone's preference and still be able to be booked. Then I stumbled onto AIR CCCC which was this interesting new farm-to-table concept that I saw on the news, so I wanted to give it a try. Emailed them and managed to book a table at the last minute.
Came the day we met up and had lunch. The funny thing was, the restaurant itself was really mediocre and did not live up to my hype. The service staff was pathetically lacking in hospitality and the food was of a level closer to 'farm' than 'fine'. Despite the lack of ambience, it was a good opportunity for the family to catch up on my belated birthday.
What stood out most for me was that Kenneth was finally eating out with my family. This means a lot especially since we are gay and for my parents to accept us eating together in public shows that they are accepting and proud of us as we are. For the past three years, Kenneth has only eaten with my family over at my sister's place.
My sister was sharing with me about how she planned to have a lunch gathering with her family and her son wanted to bring along his girlfriend, but my sis felt that it was too soon for such an occasion to eat out together with her yet, as it has only been a few months of them together. And this showed me how eating out as a family was a significant milestone for me and Kenneth (well at least for my family, since Kenneth's family ate out with me from the very beginning of our relationship).
I'm appreciative of this very moment of my life when things are going relatively peacefully and I hope to take this chance to strive for bigger things in the upcoming months for myself, professionally in my career and individually in my personal aspirations.