Hi everybody my name is Rich Danyluk and I'm a friend of Dana’s for over 20 years and have come to know Mark and James. I join you on this special day when Dana celebrates 55 years of life and offered this reflection:
Bless us O’ Lord in these thy gifts. We begin this meal with grace, to the One who has graced us with a woman of grace—Dana. For the joy and nourishment of the food we’ll share—more importantly for the gift this year of being in each other's presence. For the different colors of our lives made more vibrant by the daily choices that Dana makes to see us real and help us to see ourselves. For this circle of love that surrounds her and unites and binds us closer together. We pray also that this meal to change structures that make others hungry for food and starved of love. Dana, blessed be the mind that dreamed the day the blueprint of your life began and begin to glow here on earth making all things a little more brighter and clearer. Blessed be those gathered with you who loved you into being. Thank you for sharing your love and life, choosing to show us another way of being and doing. Bless us O’ Lord and these thy gifts which we have received from your extravagant goodness through Dana's extravagant giving heart. Amen.
Happy birthday Dana you make my life more beautiful and more meaningful.
Over and out.