A story from this morning that is so incredibly, wonderfully ordinary at its core.

[Stinky The Clown]

The Biden went to Mass at a church in Georgetown. The same church where JFK used to go. The Biden's are parish shopping. Okay. Lots of people do that. Its ordinary for a religious family like theirs when they move to new digs.

What got my attention was how, on the way home after Mass, they stopped at the wonderfully named "Call Your Mother" deli for some bagels and other breakfast goodies. That's a pretty common - yes, ordinary - thing people do after church services, whether at a deli, a diner, fast food, or maybe even the church's fellowship hall.

There is something completely marvelous about an ordinary man as our extraordinary President.

[Dem2theMax]

1. I love this. People can relate to this.

I think back on when I was a child, and after church, my brother and I would beg my dad to take us for donuts!

On a really big day, we went to IHOP.

I was in love with Obama. (Still am.)
Now I'm falling in love with President Biden.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Catholics used to have to fast before Mass, so we were hungry coming home and stopped for goodies

that we could eat right away because Sunday dinner would not be ready right away.

So what the Bidens did brought back memories.

[Native]

5. oh man, i completely forgot about having to do that as a kid!

[Irish_Dem]

7. I had forgotten too until Joe stopped for bagels after Mass. It hit an old memory.

We had dinner at 6pm on Saturday, so we fasted from then until after Mass Sunday morning.
That is a lot of hours for kids to go without food. So we were hungry on the way home from Mass.

[thenelm1]

19. Same here. We'd usually hit a bakery for donuts after mass every Sunday. Something...

I'd completely forgotten about the Sunday ritual from way back then.

[halfulglas]

6. I remember the bakery shop when we lived in Quincy, Mass.

Directly across the street from church. The doughnuts were heavenly.

[Irish_Dem]

8. I still remember the bakery and the bear claws after Mass.

Funny how those memories stick with you.

[Mr.Bill]

11. Yep, a donut shop close to a Catholic church was a gold mine on Sundays. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

12. Right, the donuts sold themselves.

[cannabis_flower]

15. As I remember

You only had to fast if you wanted to take communion.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Exactly, but my parents and the nuns made us take communion on Sundays.

We went to confessions on Saturday.

[calimary]

17. Indeed! Frequently stopped off at a local deli called The Nosh Box after Mass.

They were always pretty doggone busy on Sundays! Good stuff - and yummy. Most amazing short-order cook on the Westside! Watching him felt like watching a symphony conductor! He always had six different breakfasts going at the same time! You were lucky to get a seat at the counter where you could watch him work.

[MuseRider]

3. I could not agree more.

Almost all the people I know or have spoken with just feel better....FEEL better.

Just that little thing (not so little actually) can move mountains eventually.

[Ohiogal]

4. It's so nice

Having a normal human being for President!

And not that cruel, vindictive, narcissistic freak.

[dalton99a]

9. Donald Trump Only Visited One DC Restaurant in Four Years

And it was the steakhouse in his own hotel.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/19/yep-donald-trump-only-visited-one-dc-restaurant-in-four-years/

[MyOwnPeace]

10. What?

No stopping at the 19th hole after a round of golf? Surely the "Great Hope of the Evangelicals" wouldn't miss church on a Sunday morning, would he?

[Amaryllis]

13. Boring is heartwarming now. Ordinary things are so refreshing.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. It's a radical leftist socialisming plot to something something take your guns!

[Xipe Totec]

16. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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[tavernier]

20. I love Joe.

I still remember my neighbor, the head of his first campaign, telling me that Joe was the most honest and decent man he’d ever met.

[IronLionZion]

21. Call Your Mother is a Jewish bagel shop/deli

for folks who don't know it. It's delicious. I get it sometimes when they come to my local farmers market. I like their Za'atar bagel with salmon and cream cheese. They also have cookies and latkes for people who love carbs. https://www.callyourmotherdeli.com/

[OhNo-Really]

22. Great presentation! Well written. Heartfelt

[BobTheSubgenius]

23. I imagine they're going to keep little habits and traditions like these.

Life is nowhere near normal for them, for the most part. I guess they are used to a life in public, based on their career paths from their earlier years. I wonder how a return to "normal" life felt after 2016.