The last breakfast

It wasn't quite like 'the last supper'... but there are similarities.

Yesterday was the last regular weekly breakfast I will have with my friend Tom. We've been meeting once a week for over 20 years. That's a lot of breakfasts. He is moving to Michigan next week.

I'm sure - in fact, I am positive - we will see each other again. We may even zoom once in awhile. Still, it won't be the same. And my life will be less because of it.

Not only is he one of the few people I feel comfortable with whether saying nothing at all or talking about literally anything in the world, but he is one of the most intelligent people I know personally. He's a steadying force for me. He has a way of not only thinking deeply and critically about things, but he can then communicate it well. I know no one else like that. He's also one of the few (if not only) people who can say anything at all to me and I will respect it, listen, and not be the least bit offended or hurt. I have more respect for Tom than anyone else I know. I guess you'd say he is my best friend.

Anyway, yesterday was the first time we'd eaten together since the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down (though we met via zoom each week instead), and the restaurant we used to meet at each week just announced they are not re-opening. So we met down the street at a little place inside a gas station.

Neither one of us made mention of this being the last time, though I'd guess we were both aware. Goodbye's do not come easy for either of us.

I'm very happy for him and his family, but, honestly, I am sad. My life will not be the same.

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Luke's account of the Last Supper in chapter 22 has this little ditty after they'd eaten. Jesus says...

^27-30 “Who would you rather be: the one who eats the dinner or the one who serves the dinner? You’d rather eat and be served, right? But I’ve taken my place among you as the one who serves. And you’ve stuck with me through thick and thin. Now I confer on you the royal authority my Father conferred on me so you can eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and be strengthened as you take up responsibilities among the congregations of God’s people.