I decided to pretend I am seventy, when only sixty-nine, because it is my seventieth year upon the planet. There is too large a cake upon our table with a package underneath I only need the love that comes with the thought of giving me something in celebration, but because I don't need the food nor the gift - I will be happy I was so well thought of and treated, and I will pay the price in my future for their kindness. A hug and a smile always go farther for making my world better, cultural norms based on economic values are easy to measure - but a real hug and a real smile will always be beyond price.
I am going to shift gears, when will that phrase be gone from conversation? Straighten up the desks and the bookcase in the Computer cave. Just so I have area to set more stuff down until I get it out to be boxed for future consideration. It has to start moving, being a perfection that wants more, the best and don't ever throw away the rest. I have stuff, too much stuff. Did I trade love for stuff? I have so much, stuff. Pile it, catalog it, pack it up and out - to be considered another day, in another world.
I have been promised a steak dinner, might even sneak a movie in - just because the memory is going to be so much better than more stuff. Happy birthday world, another year with Earl in your history.
Happy birthday!
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ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Earl and many more!!!
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