Age cheating. I still look like 22 but I’m not. On August 28, I turned 30.

I headed South and spent a couple of days with my friend Daisy in beautiful ‘les Corbières’ before joining my family in hometown Béziers.

Daisy teaching Dance in SF

My friendship with Daisy goes back 15 years, we were young teens. Both of us loved Dance and studied at the same Dance school but because we were on different class schedules we never had a chance to connect. In the meantime, we observed each others a lot. Her presence was remarkable, she had very curly hair, she looked like a Russian doll. When her father was picking her up, they would speak English. I thought ‘this girl definitely got something‘ un je ne sais quoi that made her stood out from the rest of the crowd. What I did not know is that Daisy was intrigued by me, too. It’s only a year later that we met in high school. Daisy and I have been friends since then.

Today, Daisy is expecting her first child. When she arrived at the train station, she looked tanned, healthy, happy and she had brought 2 delicious chocolate croissants for me. Sweet!

She took me to a fantastic restaurant behind les Halles de Narbonne. The restaurant had earned the reputation of serving the best locally grown vegetables and locally sourced meat and fish products. The chef is also ’un maître chocolatier’ and prepares delicious ganache. It had been a while since last time I was ecstatic about eating vegetables. As you can see on our plates, the food was heavenly and we had no choices but to clean our plates. MIAM MIAM!

Half-way into lunch, I noticed Daisy is getting a bit anxious. She hands me over a beautiful card.

I thought ‘oh, nice postcard. Who are you going to send it to?’

It is for you, she replies.

Now, I’m the one getting all fired-up.

Daisy excels at creating surprises. She sets up the perfect plot and finds the right timing to execute the idea. I opened the card and read: Caroline, fée des papillons (fairy of the butterflies), would you like to be my godmother? Accepterais-tu d’être ma marraine? Entoure la bonne réponse (circle the answer)

I had 2 options: YES or NO. Daisy’s sister suggested to add 3rd option MAYBE but Daisy would not tolerate any ambiguity

I felt deeply touched by Daisy’s choice, that she could think I could be a good godmother for her first baby child was very humbling to me.

I was honored to accept and circled the YES answer.

Daisy, la Reine des surprises et du suspense, tu m’as fait un magnifique cadeau d’anniversaire pour un si bel âge.