Breakfast with a very dear friend...

[moosmom]

Is he a Catholic priest, or is he able to, er, date?

I WISH!!! He's Catholic, but he is a Passionist Priest and no, he can't date. He was actually my first boyfriend in high school. When he ever walked into the diner, my heart went pitter pat. But he is a wonderful man with a mission that he knew he had from the very beginning. He made a deal with God that if he got his father through his coronary, he would devote his life to him. And he did!!!

He said he was heading back to Haiti on Friday and would call me whenever he came back to CT. His Dad lives in CT, along with his brother and 3 sisters.

I needed an ear and a shoulder today and he was there, always has been. For that I'm grateful.

[Medusa]

Any pix, Donna?

[moosmom]

Mary,

There's one picture I took on my cellphone and I'll be damned if I know how to get it off my phone. It's also my cellphone wallpaper

[Husky_mom]

I´m so glad you had a great time.. and he sure is a hottie with all due respect .. awesome story about the guitars.. lol and it will indeed be an awesome bday present for your friend

[moosmom]

Husky Mom,

My "friend" is Laura's Babies on PT. She ADORES Andrea Boccelli. I wish I had the software to transfter the one photo from my phone.

I'd give my eye tooth to go to Andrea Boccelli's concert at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 2. I'm going to look into tickets as a Christmas present to myself.

The stories Rick told would curl your hair. But you'd have to know him and his dry, sick sense of humor (even for a priest) to understand.

One story just had me cracking up (among all the others). Boccelli asked Rick to accomany him and his girlfriend to the Golden Globe Awards. Rick said Boccelli insisted that he walk on the red carpet with he and his girlfriend. Rick hesitated and thought of every excuse why he shouldn't. Boccelli would not take no for an answer. So there are the three of them on the red carpet with the papparazzi swarming them. Boccelli introduced Rick as Father Rick Frechette from Haiti. Rick said he heard the media say, "What the 'F' is a priest doing on the red carpet???" They kept trying to push Rick out of the way to get a picture of Boccelli and his girlfriend. Boccelli, who is blind (as everyone knows) kept reaching out to see if Rick was standing next to him, and the media kept pushing Rick out of the way.

I don't think I ever laughed so hard in such a long time.