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All salaam Sir Nobles, Lady Nobles and Sultanas June 2024
GRAND COMMANDERS COMMENTS:
Grand Commander
One of the reasons I enjoy being the Grand Commander of Ben Ziri Caravan is that I get to write about whatever I want to in the Fez Sez. Eventually I get around to the business of the month so please bear with me as I ramble through my thoughts and share them with you. Have you ever wondered when you look at the face of an old grandfather’s clock what the Latin phrase “ Tempus fugit” means. It means “ time flies “. That explains why it is June already. I always thank God for the arrival of June because it promises to be a month of good weather. As each year goes by it has its ups and downs, good days and bad days and we manage to get through them. That’s life. I am a second generation American. All four of my grandparents immigrated from Italy. My parents were raised by these immigrants and passed their wisdom down to my generation. It took me years to understand what my grandmother, my Nona, meant when she said “Don’t laugh too much today because you will cry tomorrow. Now I can see that she was trying to tell us that life is full of good times and bad times and should never let your mood get too high or too low. I still think that whenever you’re laughing it is one of the best moments of your life. Enjoy it because there can never be enough good times to make you forget the bad times, we have to find the balance between the two. Another of their sayings was that “Life is not fair, make it fair”. The reason that I am going on about this is that recently we were told that one of our grandchildren had a malignant tumor in her colon. We had to wait two weeks for the operation to take place. These were two terribly bad weeks for us. God knows how many prayers we said for our granddaughter’s wellbeing. Yesterday the doctor operated and gave us the best news possible. He thinks he got it all and the prognosis is looking good. Did God hear our prayers and make things right? Who knows ? I do know that life feels an awful lot more fair today than it did yesterday. Thank you for putting up with my rambling thoughts on this absolutely joyous day in our lives. Thanks be to God!!!
The meeting this month will be in the Zoom format that we started last month. On the 20th of June at 4pm be ready to join us on your computer, I-pad or cell phone as we hold our monthly meeting to do the business of the caravan. Your presence and participation are both needed and enjoyed.
Grand Commander Tony Andreas
Region Eight Raffle:
April Drawing $100 Eric Gilliland, $50 Luana Wilson.
The Raffle drawing will take place at the Ben Ziri Meeting each month. Please join us.
Tickets are still available!!
Contact Info: We are adding additional contact info in our database to help us keep in contact in case of changes we are not aware of. Please forward your alternate contact info to my email: taberbc@gmail.comor the address below:
1826 Via Monserate
Fallbrook, Ca. 92028
ON GOING PROJECTS:
Website……. I encourage everyone who has access to the internet to visit the site periodically. You can view the latest Blog, Photo Gallery, The Fez Sez, Event Calendar, Meeting Minutes, Membership Applications, Scholarship Application, Caravan By Laws and Make a Donation at www.benziri.com.
The Fez Sez:…..If anyone is not receiving the Fez Sez via email and would like to, please contact me and I will make sure it happens.
The Fez Sez:…..If anyone would like contribute to The Fez Sez please forward it to me for publishing.
FUTURE EVENTS:
Thursday, June 20th ……. Monthly Ben Ziri Zoom Meeting at 4pm
GOOD OF THE ORDER:
June Birthdays:
17……. Louis Darin 22…… Harold Duffield 25……Phyllis Terzich
27….....Lucy Carroll 27……Bob Santos 30……... Rev Fr William O Brien
June Anniversaries:
Sickness and Distress:
Please keep in your prayers all our members, families and loved ones, and especially;
Stan and Marilyn Gilliland, Fernando Acuna
Tony Andreas, Grand Commander
Phone # 760 941-0365
Email: treetony@cox.net
Website: www.benziri.com
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