Only five days to prepare a unique birthday party for a unique Princess. Everything has been in my head and heart for some time now. The question is, can it be done in such a short time? Anything is possible if it's the will of God. That much I know, and I think it is his will, so I paid for the supper and I went out hunting for the things I need to celebrate Precious as she never been before. I didn't care if I had to sell everything I possess to do it. I just want it to be something she will never forget as if it is the very last thing I'll ever do. So here are the places to go and I wrote down. First is the jewellery store where I noticed once before a unique gold, diamond and rubies article to match with what I already gave her. Next the very best choice restaurant in town, followed by the car rental company. After that, it is the carpet store. I feel like I am doing general contracting again. Only this time, I think I am building an ever-lasting relationship. One that couldn't and wouldn't fall apart. What else now let's see?

Oh sure musicians, that's very important too. This is an easy one though, because, I have a lot of friends and acquaintances who play music. Only one thing though, I'm not to sure yet what kind she likes the most. That and a lot of other things I need to discover yet. Since it takes almost one half of a marriage lifetime to know your partner, might as well start right away. Too many older people told me already they don't recognise their loved one anymore. I heard them say things like. 'I thought I knew her.' Again I heard. 'I can't believe he could do this.' At the same minute I was writing these lines a customer came in, and I shut down the computer to serve him. There he is this young seventy-two years old man. To my surprise he started talking about his life and mainly about his divorce.

"You wouldn't believe this, but, just when you came in, I was writing about this kind of things."

"I'll tell you some stories. I suggested to my wife one day we should try to quit either smoking or drinking. I couldn't believe her response. She asked me whom the hell I was to tell her what to or not to do. That's how it has all started. Now she has decided she wanted the divorce shortly after that. I said ok, let's sell everything and both take half, so we can go our own way. Fine we shook hands on it and everything seems to be alright. Huh, huh, three weeks later, I had a phone call from her attorney saying: 'You're not leaving, you have to come to your divorce trial.' Since I had decided to come West. I came West anyway leaving to my older son the power of attorney down in Ontario. Half would've been good, a quarter would've been fine too. She got the house plus everything that is in it, the money and half of my pension too. All I have worked for all my life is gone, just like that, and there is not a thing I could do about it."

"You must have promised her right from the beginning you will give her your life. Now it's done."

He couldn't help himself laughing on hearing this. I must have heard enough of similar stories to scare off an army and yet that wouldn't stop me from remarrying. I don't care losing everything to Dana anyway since, I want to give her everything I possibly can. So, I kept organising the birthday surprise as I first planed. Only two more days to go. I can hardly contain my excitement. I never even thought of doing something like this. Since I met Dana everything in my life have different dimensions. This book I'm writing, the songs good enough for the hit parade, my love for her, and the music that seems to come directly from heaven. There are also three inventions I proposed to the B.C. Government. But I have to admit it, I don't have much trust in them.

I once prayed along with pastor Tony of Beaverdell for me to have the chance to play music for the Lord in this world and then next in heaven. I think Beaverdell is smaller than Nazareth was at the time of Jesus. I kept being so busy in the last twelve months, no wonder I had no time for unhappiness. It is something I learned seventeen years ago at a human relation course. The speaker said: 'The key of success and happiness is, to keep so busy that you never have a moment to see what others are doing wrong.' I think it is the truth and it isn't. How can you be happy seeing your neighbour in need? Right though if you are too busy to see, you simply don't see. That makes you a blind whom Jesus spent so much time and efforts to heal. I guess I'm not to busy after all, because, I can see a lot of things that are going wrong around me and around the world. But for now anyway, I have enough on my hands and mind with my life. Thirty-three hours to go before I will pick Dana up for dinner. Somehow I wish I could sleep it all. I can hardly control my patience with my surrounding. Even my customers at time looked at me as if the fire was pressing somewhere around.

Five o'clock p.m. Sunday August 9 1998

Here I was at the car rental talking to the chauffeur about the route to take and few more details as how to approach the Princess and all that. At 5:30 I sat on the back seat and prayed for everything to go smoothly and for strength, calmness and wisdom. I felt I needed more strength for this that I would need to beat ten men at once. Once at the given address the chauffeur, John his name, got out and came to open my door. I stepped down and I walked to Dana's door, then I rang the bell. When I looked in those beautiful blue eyes, something like a strong electric current went through my whole body, but surprisingly, I survived it.

"Hi Precious."

"Hi Gaston. What is this and where are we going?"

"This, my dear friend is a courtesy car, or a limousine, whatever you want to call it and it is now probably the only time in my life when I have the unique and proper occasion to ride in it. First time ever I am riding with a princess and I didn't want to do it in my old beater."

"So what are you going to do next? Let me walk beside the car, because, I am too precious to sit in it. Your car or mine would have been just fine."

"Please Dana just this time, so you can tell your children later on about what happened today, ok?"

"Alright then, but, no more of this stuff. I'm just a friend, remember?"

"No, rectification, you're just a precious friend and gorgeous. I don't want to press you Dana but, this guy out there is waiting. Shall we?"

"Yes, where are we going?"

"It's a place called the Kingdom and I have very good references for it. Do you know it?"

"Not really, but, I think I heard of it too."

"Well, after tonight both of us will know what to say about the place."

"A limousine for me, I can't believe it. Look at the size of this thing."

"Don't worry Precious, you don't have to drive it, or I won't be riding with you."

"Gaston, for what I heard from you, you'd go anywhere with me even if I was driving a school bus."

"Touché right to the heart. You are absolutely right."

"You really want to make me feel like a princess, don't you?"

"At least for one evening, yes I do. It is just a one-time thing, it is all I can afford anyway."

"Oh Gaston, you shouldn't."

"Money spent on you is well spent Precious, besides, I owe you so much that I will never be able to pay you in full."

"What you think you owe me Gaston is only in your mind.'

"Oh, I know that nobody can prove it, but, you and I know the truth, and this is that the ideas for the book and the songs came in my life when you did. That makes me more than happy to be able to give you a little back, so just accept it. In my case at least it is true there is more pleasure to give than to receive."

"Gaston, you seem to read me wrong sometime. Any woman would love what you're doing, it is just that I don't think I deserve all this, and I don't want you to get any ideas either."

"I always have ideas no matter what and, I have one right now."

"Oh, oh, that might be scary."

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