Blessed with Angels on Earth

Amuse-Bouche: "What is a friend? I will tell you...it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” (Frank Crane)

Entrée: The inspiration for this post on my blog is due to a great vacation with great friends. Individuals who come from different walks of life, but not like family which you can’t choose but you are born into. Friends are people whom you have an option of choosing who to share those special events and times in your life, people who are the ink which you will use to mark the blank pages that will add another chapter to the book of your life. Due to my job, I don’t have much of a social life. Although I face that hard fact as a young person who wishes his circumstances were a bit different. I can surely say I have been blessed with great friends that understand me no matter what, friends that I can compare to a wine. I believe a friend is like a wine, it may not be always that great but it always gets better with time. Spending a few days in Wildwood New Jersey has left me with a very satisfied taste in my palate and soul. When I mentioned taste, I refer to the great satisfaction I obtained by being able to educate and enjoy various good satisfying meals with them. Being able to have my friend Lisandra taste ingredients and foods she’s not familiar with, was an exquisite accomplishment for both her and me. Having the opportunity to hear my friend Jonathan say that the dish he was eating, he compared it to an orchestra of taste in his mouth, which he was able to explore the different flavors, that constantly come together with every scoop of his fork and dance with great harmony in one’s mouth. I was able to say “that’s the beauty of culinary,” being able share beauty of gastronomy, which means the study of the relationship between culture and food. That’s what I would like to present to the people I come in contact with. Not only we had the chance to share the table with good meals, but I was able to learn from them and each other. Learn different outlook and ways to view life itself. That came along with funny and hilarious moments Jonathan and Stephanie shared with everyone. This couple is a match made in heaven. Jonathan, which always seems to have a philological explanation to everything. And Stephanie, being the sweet wife she is, was something like an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, viewing the comic aspect of the show. This couldn’t have come together without mentioning the future to be weds, Daniel and Lisandra. Meeting Daniel for the first time, one would be intimidated by his quietness and deep voice, but once friends. He was the reason for laughter at the dinner table, and like always. Lisandra capturing every moment with her camera, took pictures for visual memories for all to enjoy. Literally, until the last moments we were there. People may say that going on vacation is a waste of time or money. But I beg to differ. It’s foolish not to. It’s an investment. Not only on you, as well on others but most important on life itself. I can have the privilege to say that I have special people in my life that will accept me for who I am. Individuals, who are unique in their own ways, but have a similar view to a loving and caring friendship, are the medicine for life. For friends are born and not made.

Dessert: "Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose."(Tehyi Hsieh). Having the chance to know someone here or there, people with whom you can feel that there’s an understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed, these are the seeds which will bloom with interaction and can make life a garden. I can’t wait for our next year vacation.