"I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else?"
~ Tevye: Fiddler on the Roof
After Sara got engaged I found myself embroiled in a controversy sparked by my writing about the engagement.
I had commented on the fact that people kept asking me if I was excited and did this make me happy.
Not wanting to rehash the conversations that erupted around my thoughts, suffice it to say I have had time to reflect on my immediate response.
Permit me to go on..........
A friends daughter got engaged yesterday.
Mazel Tov!
Today Susan attended a L'Chaim celebration, a small gathering to celebrate with the family and congratulate them and the engaged couple.
(I had to work!)
Soon after Sara's announcement, while dealing with the excited/happy controversy, I thought about l'chaim.
Act 1 Scene 4 of Fiddler on the Roof. Some call it The Inn scene.
Others like myself reference it as the l'chaim scene.
L'chaim.....it seems so damn appropriate!
A toast to good health,and happiness,to prosperity and most of all to life........l'chaim!
That is what I hope to share with those who ask or come to congratulate us on the engagement.
L'chaim!
To Patrick and Sara.....L'Chaim!
To Ilana and Jake..........L'chaim!
To all of you..........L'Chaim!
L'Chaim and Shavua Tov!
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