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Although milk does contain calcium. hatter Is that Healthy Hints And of course, just like in some other peak moments in life where nagging doubts abound as to whether a partners euphoric response has been embellished in order not to bruise the ego of a significant other. there’s always the very real possibility that the one on the receiving end of said surprise party has had to fake their astonished reaction, having picked up on a few too many clues along the way But fora family that has been assembled far too many times the past few years to plan funerals and deal with other unsavory life issues, my sister Pat's recent surprise 50th birthday party was iust what the doctor ordered For once. there were no life and death decisions to be made, no ashes to be scattered. no financial crises Stumbling Stouffwlle In terms of bang [or the buck. the surprise birthday party has to be one of the most questionable undertakings, given the time, energy and expense involved. After all. the whole thing hinges on that one big moment, the payoff, when the "victim" suddenly realizes he or she has been‘ '"had, that what was supposed to have been a quiet romantic evening with a significant other is actually a blow out bash including everyone of significance that they have ever known. 3W nkina nah m ment :aldum 3r my sister’s c In 0! weeks a g off endless v seconds ik n 1 been done c been said that children are 00 many soft drinks and not Ilk, and that Is why we have a rt osteoporosis. 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A “Quid calcium. magnesium and vitamin D supplement has one of the best absorption rates phosphorus to carbonate‘ beverages. therefore when we drink carbonated beverages our body pulls calcium from our bones to balance. But that only sewed to reinforce the fact that, with the last of five siblings hitting the 50 mark. the spotlight was now on our Id offspring and their blossoming families as they now represent the future for us all. Hopefully my sister Pat will live another 50 years getting to experience the brand satisfactions that can accompany the middle and senior years Sure, there were moments when Pat and the rest of us were so painfully aware of the reality that there were some very significant absences â€" a Dad. a Mom. and a sister-in-Iaw. all of whom have passed on over the past year or two‘ The speeches that followed, all of them spontaneous. were both comical and poignant. One by one. the guests recalled the hiiinks of Pat's youth, the pain and heartache of growing up and adulthood. and, above all else, the good times intertwined among them all. A true testimony to a half century of life. There was no doubt‘she was genuinely surprised. lust as the credit card ad so cleverly concludes, the look on her face when she realized the room she had just walked into was filled with the people she had loved and been loved by all her life was, indeed, priceless Pat's famous mile- wide grin filled the room. She was, as they say so aptly in New Zealahd, "absolutely gobsmacked". Her response had all of us laughing, cheering, and at the same time a little choked up. Which is as it should be at times like this. NOVEMBER 2003 wlth Bruce Stanley with Suze Joyce