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May 2018 – I was thrilled to be invited to Mother’s Day dinner
with Elis’ family. I was met at the gate to the home by Elias and
cordially invited in. They were a very inviting family despite me not
be able to speak a word of Portuguese. Also it was very nice to eat a
home cooked meal. I can’t tell you how many times I struggled with
my cell phone translator to get a hamburger / hamburguesa to eat. It
had been months since I sat down and ate with a family.
Everyone
ate their fill and were sitting around the living room talking. I
asked if I could take a picture. It was ok with everyone. From left
to right: Great Grandma Zulmira 97 years old, James Jr. (filho),
Sandro, Herminia (Linda), Kelly, DaveR, Elias, Cibele, Elis and James
Sr. taking the picture.
Before
we all left, we toured the new home next door. It was a beautiful new
construction, all white. It was nice. I could live in it very easily.
The first thing I noticed in the kitchen was it had four-plus
electrical outlets. I couldn’t believe it. I believe it was Cibele
whose forward thinking had those extra outlets installed. Usually
most kitchens I was in had only one outlet. I never understood that.
I often wondered why when newer homes were built they never installed
more than one outlet. It was a beautiful house.
We
eventually all left and on the way back to James Sr.’s house we
stopped at a grocery store. Elis was shopping for something and James
and I stopped at the sweets counter. He ordered two cakes. He knew I
liked both the coconut and chocolate cakes and he wasn’t wrong.
When we got home, I dove into the different cakes and ate my fill. I
couldn’t resist, and then went to bed happy.
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