Yesterday would have been your 60th birthday.
If you had stuck around for 60 full years.
But you didn't, so it wasn't, and yet -- it WAS.
Yesterday was your 60th birthday, and we who love you remembered it and you for the day. Me, Tammy, Tracy-in-New York, Hailey, and Warren went to the cemetery and then I took them to the park in Bethel for cake and ice cream.
I invited others to join us, but casually, and you won't be surprised that no one did. Acting like they actually have their own lives and all, y'know.
I was going to get a German chocolate cake, one with the fuzzy frosting, because those were (at one time) your favorite, but neither Tammy nor Hailey liked the look of it. Tammy said the cake looked like something had pooped on it.
So we got a chocolate pudding cake. I think you would have liked it. It was flavorful without being rich. I was surprised.
The kids had a blast at the park, which is vastly different from how it used to be. It's different from even when Tammy and Tracy were the young'uns.
Afterwards, I took them past the house where I grew up -- it is vastly different also, but I was glad to see the mini jungle in the front side yard has been cut down. But not the lilac bush. And I drove home so we went past where we lived in the trailer here in Mt Orab.
A pilgrimage of sorts, I suppose.
Anyway, we marked your day with remembrance of you
If you had stuck around for 60 full years.
Yesterday was your 60th birthday, and we who love you remembered it and you for the day. Me, Tammy, Tracy-in-New York, Hailey, and Warren went to the cemetery and then I took them to the park in Bethel for cake and ice cream.
I invited others to join us, but casually, and you won't be surprised that no one did. Acting like they actually have their own lives and all, y'know.
I was going to get a German chocolate cake, one with the fuzzy frosting, because those were (at one time) your favorite, but neither Tammy nor Hailey liked the look of it. Tammy said the cake looked like something had pooped on it.
So we got a chocolate pudding cake. I think you would have liked it. It was flavorful without being rich. I was surprised.
The kids had a blast at the park, which is vastly different from how it used to be. It's different from even when Tammy and Tracy were the young'uns.
Afterwards, I took them past the house where I grew up -- it is vastly different also, but I was glad to see the mini jungle in the front side yard has been cut down. But not the lilac bush. And I drove home so we went past where we lived in the trailer here in Mt Orab.
A pilgrimage of sorts, I suppose.
Anyway, we marked your day with remembrance of you
I WOULD have come if we had still been home, as planned. It's all Josh's fault!! He murderpated his mower and his dad went to his rescue....
ReplyDeleteI know. I was being facetious
DeleteHappy Birthday (belated) Rex. Hope you had a great time. :-) I know you are better off "healthwise" where you are, than you ever were here on earth. RIP my friend.
DeleteYou know if you had let some of us know your plans we have came...I remember Rex not just on his birthday,but every day..I remember them all every day..I just don't have a lot of money and I have to plan the things I need to do...But thank you any way Ruth I remember Rex my own way..
ReplyDeleteTam and I both worked until 5 am and we didn't know when we would be able to get it together. I posted on Facebook when I knew what we would be doing when and where. I'm sorry if you missed it and I am sorry I couldn't plan anything ahead -- I had to wait on our work schedules.
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