CHAPTER 18: TIM’S SPECIAL DAY May 5: CINCO de MAYO Cinco de Mayo is an Hispanic holiday which, among other things, celebrates spring. A church in southern California planned a big celebration and church outreach for the day. (For the Spanish deprived, the name means May 5.) My oldest grandchild, Tim, plotted with the pastor of that church to surprise the pastor’s daughter, Priscilla, with a visit, a marriage proposal and an engagement ring. Isn’t Tim a romantic one? Anyway, Susan, Frank, Tim, Rachel and Julian, Rachel’s fiance flew out to California for the big day. Since I was already in the area, I got to be part of the action, too. I drove down in the morning and parked the rig in a state campground on the beach in Dana Point. The surprise wasn’t until
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