BIRD'S BIRTHDAY

This was written on Saturday and, although I was able to post it to Blogit, for some reason it wouldn't post here in Google. Suzie and I did celebrate, and I'm still suffering the after-effects of killing a bottle of tequila - oof! It was a good night.

Bird with his daughter, Josette

January 6th. Today is Bird's birthday - he would have turned the big 6-0!! We were planning quite a party.

This picture was taken a couple of years ago, just after he went through his first chemo & radiation treatments. Because his energy level was so low, we rented a Winnebago and headed down to see family in New Brunswick. We had a great time. Josette spent nearly the whole week with us, and the Bird was delighted. We all were - she's a beautiful person.

Suzie's birthday is January 3rd. She, Bird & I often celebrated the two birthdays together.

I'm going to join Suzie tonight. We have a little cake and...a bottle of tequila. We don't go anywhere - just stay at her home. I'll be sleeping over, of course, but Fred is here for Grump, so that's okay too.(Grump may not agree ).

Bird would love it - knowing that we are keeping on - that we'll be toasting him with love. That we'll remember the ways and many times the three of us have celebrated together. That we'll speak of his sense of humor - that dry wit - and that, even if there's tears, his big sis will be SMILING through them.

Happy Birthday, Bird.