Yesterday evening, Nancy and I hosted a party (of about 20 people) to celebrate our daughter's 50th birthday. Her actual birthday was a few days before, but with everyone's busy schedules, this worked out to be good for everyone. It was too bad our late son could be there to harass Tina as he did as children. I really think she misses that sometimes.
We invited her best friends, both professionally and personal, which included her very best friend since the 8th grade, and we call our adopted daughter, Keri. Keri has been the best friend anyone would ever want. She jumped at the opportunity to help decorate and get the most amazing cake for Tina. The bottom layer was Cannoli Chocolate and the top layer was German Chocolate, all covered with butter icing. Just enough to make my teeth hurt.
Keri was smiling from ear to ear when she saw the joy of everything on Tina's face. There were no black roses or cane jokes or aging remakes, just happy greetings and too much food. Oh yeah, and cake. Delicious cake. Two levels of decadence and yummy icing with edible flowers and what looked like aluminum foil pieces. But I am letting my taste buds take over.
Short stories began to flow about Tina from friends and family. Nothing bad. Just good funny and heartwarming tales. About her youth, high school days, college days and her professional as an Ob-Gyn doctor. John and Tina talked about shoving cake into each others mouth at their wedding, so Keri fed Tina the first piece of the cake as John watched and wanted so bad to repeat history.
It was a great night chatting, laughing, joking and reminiscing about old times. I realize how blessed Nancy and I are to have such great children, family, and friends who are TRUE friends.
Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you reading my blog about our family and my sometimes weird observations. God bless you all and take care.
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