The date, on the back reveals it to have been taken seventeen years ago tomorrow: January 25, 1997
This was when Darling Hubby first told me that he was in love with me.
That following Monday at work, several of us went to the local Chinese buffet. This was my fortune. I remember how we had all squealed and agreed that it was meant to be. When I got the pictures back, I taped it to the front, and stuck it all in a frame. It has set on my desk to the left of my computer for the past seventeen years.
Did you know that Chinese fortune cookies are really an American invention? The most popular story goes that Chinese immigrant, David Jung, living in Los Angeles and founder of the Hong
Kong Noodle Company invented the fortune cookie in 1918.
Apparently David was concerned with all the poor he saw in the
streets near his shop. So he created a cookie to pass out to them for free. Each
cookie contained an inspirational verse written by the local Presbyterian
minister. Not exactly ancient Chinese wisdom. Kind of a let down, huh?
That just goes to show, you shouldn't take advice on life from a half-baked cookie.
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