The Fork

[Tell of their culinary skills and varied ways their life was blessed beyond measure.]

I recently came upon a wonderful story about a man known far and wide for his generous and grateful spirit. Though diagnosed with cancer and given but a few months to live, he still maintained the twinkle in his eye and his terrific sense of humor, and still regaled his friends and his family with his wit and with his wisdom.

Well, this man went to see his pastor to talk over his funeral arrangements. He said: “Listen Father, I want to make sure that everything is going to be upbeat when I’m brought to church for my funeral mass. After all, I’ve had a pretty upbeat life, I’ve been truly blessed, and I’ve been enriched beyond measure by my family and my friends. So, there is nothing to be sad about.…