fah said:
Luka Bloom
indeed Double
I was thinking of you on the weekend fah. My girlfriends invited me to a party at the beach to continue the celebration. I made the artichoke dip from the recipe you gave me. It was a great hit with the girls. Gracias.
I wanted to share a couple of things from that gathering ...and one thing I'd love to share about Bono and Australia but I respect his privacy too much
Firstly, one of my girlfriends apologised for not making me a cake. She said she wanted to make a "sam cake" ???? She had remembered that Sam Gamgee is my favourite character from Lord of the Rings
She said if it hadn't worked out she would have stuck a pair of sunglasses on it and called it a "Bono cake"
I am going back to visit them on Wednesday so I am going to make a "Bono cake". I hope I get the hair right .
Secondly and more seriously. My best friend's young cousins recently died in a car crash. They were beautiful boys always writing stories and drawing pictures. The older of the two wrote this poem a couple of years ago. It gave me chills when she read it out to me. I'll just post it in his memory and ask you all to value every second of life you are given.
The Magic Box
I will put into the box
The crack of a firework on a winters night
The hot flame of a candle,
The ringadingaling of a Christmas bell.
I will put into the box
The taste of a tear
The smile of a baby
The sound of laughter from happy people
I will put into the box
The day or night when wars all end
A happy snow day
The last tear a person cries
I will put into the box
A saint with a rifle
Hitler with a bible
And all the answers that need answering are answered.
My box is made of fluffy white clouds
And it has golden hinges and the lock is made of silver
When my box is open
I learn all the secrets of the world
My box can take me walking on the sun
And make me float away on a cloud.
written by Keiran b.12-10-91 d. 5-4-06
Jordan b.23-4-96 d. 5-4-06
"Life is changed not ended"