The middle of March is my birthday, and I have so many fond birthday memories of celebrating that day at my beloved home.
When I turned 23, I decided to invite my family extensions for a birthday lunch, since it was on a Sunday, and so many of them could be there. So far as I recall, we had some kind of pasta dish. It was a wonderful time gathered around the table in a spirit of celebration and enjoying a great meal.
The next year, we had food from Grape Leaves. Our close family friends, the Reiters, consider it their favorite Oak Park restaurant with great comfort food. Since they built up their business slowly but surely by word of mouth, it was only fitting that we ordered there in such a spirit.
A few years later, when I turned 28, I invited Abuela over to join my parents and me for dinner from Boston Market, since it has my favorite, turkey. We made sure to keep an eye on Weasley, especially when he got close to the table and started eyeing the gravy.
Indeed, there has been so much good food over the years, enhanced by the spirit of celebration that we enjoyed together.
All my relations,
God's blessings,
Paul
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