A Church They’d Go To.

Brian Jakowski
2 min readFeb 8, 2023
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As the bar crowd started pouring into a little diner, Sally was extra loud when she sat down next to Pastor Tony.

She asked, “Ya want some company?”

“No thanks,” he responded.

“Damn! Looks like I ain’t making no money tonight,” Sally shouted. She and her friends sat talking and laughing with Tony.

Getting up to leave Sally said, “Well gotta go check on Mom and the kids, but I’ll see you tomorrow night for my birthday”.

After she left Tony asked Larry, the diner owner, “Does she come in at the same time every night?”

“Like clockwork.”

“Why don’t we give her a birthday party?” Tony suggested and continued after a pause, “I’ll get here early and bring the cake”

Surprised, Larry said, “Great idea I’ll get everything else ready.”

The next night Tony arrived carrying a big cake that read, Happy Birthday Sally, and the diner was decorated for a party. When Sally came in with a few friends and the people waiting shouted, “Surprise, happy birthday!”

Fighting back tears she said, “You’re joking this ain’t no party for me. Who’d give me a party?”

Larry said, “We would! Look, your name’s even on the cake!”

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Brian Jakowski

I’m a retired chef, missionary and pastor. I write on what the Lord puts on my heart and a bit on food and travel