Monday, April 03, 2006
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
My family has prevailed! They have wanted to have a big "celebration" to recognize my birthday. It is not what I would choose. I prefer to just "let it happen" without fanfair or drawing attention to myself. Usually I get my wish. But they think this one is one of those "milestones" that merits a special observance.
So Saturday (the day after the actual birthday) they have planned an observance at our church. Karon calls it a "Pre-Obituary Service"! She and the girls are making it a time when people will learn all about my past life. Well, not "all about it", but enough! A young man from our church who is a Sophomore in college is going to "interview" me. Of all the people who might to do, he is one of the very few I would trust to do this. I respect him highly and he and I have a good relationship. So that part should be fun.
We just want it to be entertaining and informative. So I have spent some time reviewing my life and putting some things on paper for my "interviewer" to work with. He and I met this evening and we have a handle on the direction we want this to take. It should be good. My friend is very intelligent and very capable of pulliing this off and making it a success. He has lots of ideas--none of which he has shared with me! So we'll see.
The family has invited our whole church and in addition they have sent special invitations to people from our other churches. Should be quite a crowd. I hope no one is bored!
Besides the interview, we'll have some very special music from a good friend who is an outstanding piano player. And of course, there will be cake and visiting.
This old man will probably be exhausted by the time it is over. We're also having a family picture taken that morning.
I'll let you know how it all turns out!
Jim
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