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 Today was an eventful day for me.  First we went to church, my first time back since my hospitalization in January. There I was able to touch base with several friends and introduce my husband to those who didn't know him.  Also, of course, we enjoyed a blissfully beautiful worship service.  My son and granddaughter joined us which made it even better.  In the afternoon we had dinner for ten, the first time I had been involved in any kind of hosting since January.  The party included my son and granddaughter and myself and my husband, his son, daughter-in-law, two granddaughters and one boyfriend.  What pleased and amused me was the fact that we sat at the table and talked and ate for over three hours.  Let me assure you, the art of conversation is not dead, and I didn't have to start any of it.  Topics ranged from gross injuries seen by those who are in the medical field to modern music and how the boyfriend of one step-grand has know my granddaughter for ten years because they were both in FW Children's Choir.  This included a few shared memories of choir trips they had taken together. Then there was robotics and the competition season that is just finishing. I was sitting in the middle on one side of the table.  When I tuned in to the older adult end of the table, conversations were ranging from a new job to an old dentist to a late paying tenant, laced with lots of praise for the deviled eggs provided for the feast in the cutest bunny shaped deviled egg tray I've ever seen.  We also caught up on what absent members of our families were doing (leading a high school class tour in France and teaching high school math in Florida).  That led us into a brief discussion of math majors we have know. By the way, all of the food was delicious, thanks to my Wonder Spouse.  But I was most amused when the conversation turned to the topic of forks. Specifically the difference between salad forks and dessert forks. Why some are three tined and some four, and why some have little notches at the tip of the left-most tine? We may have had more than enough wine by this point (or I may have) but I found this discussion quite fascinating.  Needless to say, phones came out and sources were checked.  Please note, if you haven't already, that there was no discussion of politics or religion.  What a great dinner party.  I hope you all had a fine Easter celebration also.