Now, I didn’t want Chris to think she was
getting away with no recognition herself.
In fact Christina even asked if that was Chris’ intent when she noticed
the absence of a “Nani” on the cake top.
I assured her that was not going to happen. I do try to keep something up my sleeve for
just such eventualities. So after the Happy
Birthday to You song I got everyone’s attention and made my little
presentation. Here’s the speech I came
up with:
“Chris, Nani, Nana … You really seemed to
like the letters I carved for you last year.
I know that those letters happened to form the names of each of your grandchildren,
but after all, they were just letters, right?
So for your birthday I chose two more random letters for you. Totally random letters, you understand.” At that point I held them up for all to see
these two new letters before I handed them to her.
Oh, what letters were they? A good question, I suppose. I didn’t think to include that information
since they were chose strictly at random.
As I recall they were both capital letters. Hmm. An
“L” and an “X,” joined together. That’s
it. And to my utter surprise, Jachin
told me that an “L” and an “X” joined together - in Roman numerals - equals the
number sixty. Really? Imagine that?
Where in the world could that have come from?
“Sixty Sunday” is coming, Chris. Two more days.
Proverbs 20:28 says, “Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is
made secure.”
Father, I know nothing about the whole king
experience, but I do appreciate the loves you have put in my life. Amen.
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