My son Andre celebrated his 40th birthday last Saturday and it was a wonderful party. Suhaila arranged a party at El Morrocco in Pleasantville and even though he may have suspected something I don't think he knew the enormity of it. Some of his friends from back East and from different parts of Calif were there. Myself, my husband and his brother and his wife came up from So. Cal. as well as the Khoury family.

There were carnival people there to entertain (making balloons) and jugglers and a show was put on by Greg DeAngelo. We had put together a montage of Andre's life on video and I composed him a poem along the same line. And of course Isabella (my grandaughter) flawlessly danced. It's hard to believe my son is forty and he is the young one.

I'm blessed with having two beautiful sons and two wonderful daughters-in-law, and a wonderful grandchild and Husband. What more could a woman want.