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October 6, 2010 at 6:38 am
Barbara Vaughn
You are so keeping the faith, my friend. I love and respect you every day of my life.
November 20, 2010 at 7:43 am
Gay
I have had a great suffiency….this was taught to me as well. I believe there is a following line, something like “otherwise it would be an abundance” or something similar. Do you know the origins of the phrase? My 85 year old mother has said it always and cannot remember the origins and I would like to get her this information. Thankyou!
November 20, 2010 at 9:45 am
heartynutrition
Gay, thank you for your comment. I wish I did know the origin of it. I remember when my colleague brought it up, he said that as a kid he and his siblings were taught to say this before leaving the dinner table. I will ask him if he remembers more of the phrase. Just doing a quick google, I saw that another person remembered his grandmother saying ““I have had a great sufficiency. Any more would be superfluity.”