When I think about Eric's and Becky's recent lovely wedding, I have to go back two generations. When Eric's grandparents, whom he never met stood under the chupa exchanging vows that lasted 11 years.
That was all the years Elayne, my sister, had. They had one son, Paul!
Then when Paul and Barbara, in Maryland, exchanged those same meaningful vows, under their chupa...and they begat Eric and Ryan, my two wonderful great nephews.
And now it was Eric's turn...he grew up and found a lovely girl to marry. I went to their wedding, and and in the true tradition of Jewishness, they were also married under a chupa.
While all this was going on, looking at their sweet backs, my mind returned to the other weddings that brought this one to be created....and my mind recalled these lovely memories....until I heard Eric's foot stomp down on the glass and I knew that my Eric and Becky were One in the Eyes of God.
How Blessed Am I that I have been allowed to be present at these 3 weddings that brought me here..today...to this moment!
I feel so full of loving emotion as I write this...and wish for them the happiest journey that life can bestow!.....be happy, my children!
Things, including packaging have sure changed. When we had our toy store, a blister package was a thin sheet of plastic over the item, and you would pull it apart as easily as peeling a banana.
Today, not so. It's just about the hardest chore on my schedule these days. However, I have a wonderful friend...Virginia, who lives right next door to me. One day she walked over with a present for me....a good pair of scissors made for slicing into todays's blister pack.
When she brought it over, I thought I would never have occasion to use it.
Well...this gift returned me from insanity to being very functional.
My old cell phone wouldn't hold a charge....so I made a new purchase of an upgraded one. Not only was the phone in rigid heavy-duty plastic....but the battery also came locked in a blister of it's own.
I wonder if the manufactures over in China giggled as they constructed these...............saying those stupid Americans will be cursing over this.
Anyway, back to Virginia and her magic shears.....cut right through all those heavy layers...and finally after cutting this way and that way.....hooray, I was able to retrieve my purchase.
Now....all I have to do is study the instructions. Help Virginia!!!!!!! And while I was struggling to open this...Jeff and Donna were on Skype with me...watching...and I don't want them to know how weak I am.
They were exchanging the $300. that they had entered into my old phone and putting that amount into my new cell.
Now I have to wait for someone to call me! I gotta use up some of that money!
