People have always been my best teachers, and I learned a lot about myself, them, us, our world, what's happening, and that what really matters most is people. I was blessed and encouraged to see my relatives and friends, because they have accepted and supported me through all of the many personal disasters and challenges that have resulted from my coming out as gay. We took lots of pictures, and when we look back on this event, we will remember people most of all. That's as it should be. That's the way it is.
Life is about people.
It was the same for Jesus. My parents went to Malawi, Africa, for a year in 1979-1980 as Southern Baptist foreign mission volunteers to help set up a printing plant. Mother had written up her account of their ministry and had given me the copy so that I could type it up and make it into a book that she could share with others. At my son's suggestion, I put the material into book form and had it printed with enough copies for each family at the birthday party to have a copy. This was my birthday present for my mother.