Before leaving to teach and study for a year in China I decided to gather around some of my closest friends. They are people with whom I have worked with over the past eight years at my previous assignment. We gathered for dinner, wine, and good conversation. Each of them handpicked by myself for various reasons. I was so happy that all of them could make it. I also felt that the Edith Piaf music in the background throughout the evening was a perfect send up to the fact that I am a major Francophile and have an ongoing love affair with a lady known as Paris. The dinner was absolutely amazing. For an appetizer we had hummus. The main course consisted of chicken baked cordon blue style except the ham and cheese were on the outside rather than stuffed inside the chicken. French style green beans and rice were served alongside. I realized that this evening's dinner had food elements that bookmarked my summer. Hummus symbolizing my trek through Egypt this past June and the rice symbolizing my upcoming journey through China and the orient beginning in just a few short weeks. I cannot stress enough how wonderful the food was. For dessert we had Turtle Cheesecake. It was also very good. All in all it was the perfect send off for my upcoming assignment. So with glasses raised we toast to the last eight years and the journey of the upcoming one.
Hear, Hear
ReplyDeleteIt was a good night and fun was had by all. Can't wait for the welcome back dinner.
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But, seriously, folks, as I stand-up
ReplyDeletehere on this Great Stage of our lifelong demise
(only 65ish feet across and 1-outta-1 croaks),
what's the MOST important objective in your
finite existence, dear? I certainly know what mine is:
Hope2God this provides some knowledge
on your everlasting, spiritual journey;
I may see you again Upstairs... maybe not...
depending on how well WE have fulfilled
our voyage to the Great Beyond by 1) loving God
and 2) loving our neighbor to the best of our ability.
Why else does a moth fly FROM the night
than to a bold, attractive candle Light??
Don’t let His extravagant Brilliance be extinguished.
You’re creative, yes?
Then, fly-away with U.S. to the antidote…
Whether you obtain morality4mortality to wiseabove
or just glean tantalizing specimens for thy next best seller,
you shall find in our blogs a lotta (subliminal) moxie
which has taken this sinfull mortal yeeeeers to compile:
I lay it ALL out for you, dear, with All-Star-Oxygems:
Wouldn’t ya love an endless eternity
of aplomBombs falling on thy indelible cranium?
An XtraXcitinXpose with no zooillogical-expiration-date?
An IQ much higher than K2 all-go-rhythm?
An extraordinarily, anti-establishment-victory
with both sardonic, satirical wit Who’s savvy
and avant-guarde-humility??
Here’s what the exquisite, prolific GODy sed
(with a most-excellent-detector of bull§ht):
“Faith, hope, and love,
the greatest of these is love –
jump into faith…
and you’ll VitSee with love”
Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe (what I write);
God believes in you.
Meet me Upstairs, girl, where the Son never goes down
from a super-passionate, lucrative iconoclasm where you’ll find
nonillionsXnonillionsXnonillionsXnonillionsXnonillionsX…
of deluxe-HTTP [<- pi] opportunities for excitement BTW.
Do it. Do the deed, dude. Sign into the Big-Zaftig-House.
PS “It is impossible that anyone should NOT receive all that they have believed and hoped to obtain; it gives Me great pleasure when they hope great things from Me and I will always give them more than they expect”
-our Lord Jesus to Saint Gertrude