Some phrases are forever linked in my mind. Some memories flash as bright as neon lights. Every single time someone makes the statement I’m not having a birthday, I think, I want to grab as many birthdays as I can. I just had another birthday and even though it was a big one I’m not depressed about it. I enjoyed the day talking with my family.
Several years back some friends I knew had a sudden tragedy. The week before the husband had seemed in good health. He’d celebrated his birthday with his wife and stepdaughter and even joked about not growing older. No more birthdays, he’d said. Of course it was all said in jest as he cut the cake and blew out the candles. We all say these things. We don’t mean to stop living. The next week after attending Sunday evening church services, this man and his family went home. He was hungry for a fried egg sandwich. While his wife got the pan and put it on the stove, the man stopped still, and he grabbed his chest. He said he didn’t feel so well. Before the ambulance got to the house, he was dead.
I’m not saying that he caused his death. That’s superstition. People say silly things all of the time. I’m saying that the phrase “No more birthdays” is linked in my thoughts forever to fried egg sandwiches. Every time I cook an egg I remember to be grateful to be alive because on that night he didn’t get to enjoy kissing his stepdaughter goodnight. I remember. She looked lost and sad that night as I sat beside her. Birthdays are for the living, and I’ll take as many as I can get!
Recipe: Link Fried Egg Sandwiches Simply Scratch
PS yes we are a bit southern here, and it’s probably not a healthy recipe, but I do eat free-range eggs. 🙂
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Interesting. Mine is auto from WordPress. It’s possible theirs is not set up to receive. I’ll look at mine.Thanks.
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I clicked here from Janet K. West’s WordPress.com site – specifically her think-piece entitled “Birthdays and Fried Egg Sandwiches” – and was surprised and disappointed that there was no pingback allowing your readers to jump over to read her post. Que pasa? Did you decide not to approve since hers is not a cooking site, or does your format not accept pings from other formats?
In any case, I will give your recipe a try – it looks easy and absolutely yummie. (I usually make my egg sandwiches scrambled, but this looks tastier) But DO check out your pingback code, okay? Fair’s fair.
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mgh
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