On my computer at home I have a little card that says, “Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.” I keep it close to where I work, because I always need the reminder that life doesn’t follow my plans. These words could also be the motto for life in Egypt where nothing ever seems to go according to plans. Take Monday night for instance. The announcement was made at lunch on Monday that we would go to the Holy Family Parish that evening for Mass in English. Usually during the summer course, we go to the English Mass on Saturday evenings at Holy Family, a Roman Catholic Parish that offers Mass in English, French, and various other languages to the international residents of Maadi. This week, however, we skipped the Saturday evening Mass so
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