A Fantasy

Those who know my wife and me are aware that we were recently blessed with the arrival of Little JJ - a true gift from God. What is not commonly known is that a few years prior to my arrival at All Saints, where I met and married my wife, I was involved with another person of the female persuasion. This person, Sister Hepzibah (see Blog entry on the Nuns) and I were engaged at one time to be married (momentary lapse of all sanity on my part). Fortunately, it did not work out (Thank You Jesus!!) as Hepzibah felt that she could not give up the pastorate of her little church by the sea with its congregation of Birkenstock-wearing, female construction workers. Also, she felt that her "roommate" Gardenia, provided for all of her needs (read into that what you will). Thus, I was given the boot. She still pastors the church.

My wife is fully aware of this chapter of my life. In fact, she and I had often fantasized about appearing at the little church by the sea some Sunday morning.......with a baby carrier. Well.....soon after Little JJ was born I sent an e-mail announcement to a few select persons at my office. A day or so later I received a congratulatory note from one of the recepients, however, I noticed at the bottom of the e-mail that someone had forwarded it on to a large number of others in the Four Corners organization. When I looked at the first group to which my note had been forwarded I nearly choked with laughter. Someone, I'm not sure who, had forwarded the note to Hepzibah, Gardenia and the rest of the heavy equipment operators and construction workers. The second group of recepients caused almost as much mirth - it was headed up by none other than good old Parson Peasporridge and his wife Hatchet.

Whoever said that "Living well is the best revenge" knew what they were talking about.