The Guest of Honor at my Surprise Birthday Party!
Points2Ponder
By Alan P.
Scaglone
When all the stars align; when pennies
from Heaven appear; when you see that double rainbow!
You get the drift—a day that starts
out great and ends even greater!
Just one of those days when… you thank
God that you’re alive!
Points2Ponder When’s the last time something happened that
was better than the way you hoped and imagined—When was your last SURPRISE?
I’m a planner… I always say, “If you
fail to plan, you plan to fail—and I never
plan to fail!”
Everyone laughs—then my family looks
at them and says, “No, seriously—he’s not
kidding!”
I just rarely leave something up to
chance. If I can control the outcome, if I can sway it in my favor—that’s what
I am going to do.
One of my signature sayings is “Make a
Memory that will last a lifetime!”
Why? Because… if you MAKE the memory,
the chances of disappointment with the outcome are far less than if you just
LET the memory MAKE itself!
So… you can understand how hard it was
for me for my birthday—to just let go—and let whatever happened happen—just go
with the flow!
I am not by nature a “go with the flow”
kinda guy!
Not apologizing for who I am—I accept
and appreciate my Type “A” personality—but I also recognize that—not everyone shares the same
appreciation!
But this year—I was not going to “make
the memory”… I was going to let others make it for me!
And my wife Bella and sister-in-law
Kay where cooking up something, and I didn’t want to know a single detail!
I love SURPRISES! I don’t snoop! I don’t
follow behind and check for clues! I don’t even interrogate unsuspecting
targets in the path who know information!
NOPE! I really don’t! I just enjoy the
fun of being surprised!
My wife only told me that we had some
place to be at 11am. I was ready to go.
She drove—of course!
She got lost—she drove past the
restaurant I thought we were going to—now I was really stumped.
We got to a restaurant we have
frequented a million times in our “family” history.
They have the “best” onion rings in
the world!
I thought—okay—guess we are going to
have some “rings” for lunch.
We walk in, turn a corner, walk down a
hall, and… SURPRISE!!
My family is there—for my birthday!
My grandson JettJett runs up and says, “Nano!
It’s your Happy Birthday Party!”
I have to tell you—I was floored—I did
NOT see this coming! I honestly had no idea!
And I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the Surprise!
Jett made everyone move so he could
sit next to His Nano!
And there we were, family gathered
without my insistence or manipulation; my family gathered just to honor me
on my birthday!
I cannot remember the last time a
surprise was this perfect!
They threw one for me for my 50th
Birthday… and that was spectacular—down to the horse driven carriage ride with
all of my family aboard!
That was great—but this moment—maybe because
of where I am in my life—my heart is healed—no chest pains to deal with—my life
is good—
What I cannot change, I am learning to
accept and handover to the only one who can…
I realized-- for the first time in a
long time… that man in the mirror-- is just happy to be alive!
And there’s no surprise in that!
I’m Just… Reflecting on -- Life!
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