Visiting a friend
D and his wife invited us (HJ and me), and Y and his wife for lunch at their home about one and a half hour drive away from where we live. At our age, an invitation of friends to home for a homemade meal is a special treat. We are among golden friends of the college contemporaries. Y volunteered to drive insisting that he is going to save us gasoline, yet I accepted it as an immeasurably warm friendship offer. So we went to Y’s which is not very far from ours earlier than the promised time. We could not wait to see friends. However, we decided to give our hostess ample time to prepare as Y suggested, so we took all our time driving with no hurry.
We took Interstate Freeway 5 North and then Ronald Reagan Freeway 118 West. The 5 was high traffic as usual and gave Y an extra tension in addition to carrying a distracting person like me. But he was a good driver. I barely remembered D’s house for which this is our second visit. Our first visit was when he bought the new house (a brand new with no yard work done) and just got married with the present wife. We prayed for them a new happy life together. They were both in the second marriage. They both lost their spouses. They decided to build a new life. Today we have witnessed a fruit of their efforts. The back yard and side yard are well built with beautiful and well groomed trees including Japanese bamboos and grape vines. The back yard was decorated with a big parasol, a picnic table and a few comfortable chairs. Every spot of the place showed their effort to rebuild their life again in my eyes. He is a retired Ph.D. in engineering. He also has built a good workshop in his garage. He did not say what he is building, but I was assured for him to be busy everyday. He also has demonstrated a radio controlled model hovercraft he constructed as one of his hobbies. I was happy to see him busy with those stuffs. I was proud to have such a good friend with me. I know he is also a faithful man to God. May God bless all of us to follow Thy Word with passion and love so that the fruits of Thy Word be seen plentiful around us in the days to come.
I give my big applaud to Mrs. D for her taking so much trouble to prepare such a good lunch for those almost useless guys and gals. Mrs. D was slim and could not have been more beautiful. She plays golf at least twice a week as always has been. I noticed that she lost a lot of weight. But we were told she is healthy. The lunch was great. I was impressed with the Southern style even the pork with cabbage, fresh green pepper, and bean paste. Those were my favorites. I enjoyed all of them. I decided to forget my diet that day. (July 26, 2013, KYP)
