Story of the Day 7/ 7/ 2014

My son, Ely, is on vacation.

When I go on vacation, I take part of the day and sleep late or go to the bookstore.
Ely and his fiancé, who have neither children nor elderly in-laws to tend to, do things like fly to Arizona.
Okay, it is not entirely a vacation, they are visiting relatives, his fiancé's and our own.

They started their vacation by visiting his fiancé's family. A nice get together for the Fourth of July weekend.
Ely is the lone Jew amidst this' rather large family of religious Mormons.
Not that Ely is a "practicing" Jew, but....

On his very first morning with the family, one of the sister-in-laws asked, "You are Jewish?"

Ely experienced a moment of discomfort. After all, his fiancé had already broken that " bad " news to his family..or had there been some misunderstanding or was someone left out of the loop?

But it turns out that the sister-in-law was hoping for a positive response, since then she could inquire how to spell a Jewish word she needed to finish her crossword puzzle.

"L'Chaim".