Happy
Birthday! Carl!
(January
2, 2020 (73!-Wow!))
Long-time!
Long-way!---from somewhere to…”now”-here!? I reckon-so!
Myriad---Dawns!
Sunrises! Noon! Eves! Midnights!...Live! Love!
& Laugh!
How
might a “poor”-kid (with
all the world at his feet) become so
non-materialistic!?
I
loved baseball! Threw anything my
little hand could hold: Rocks! Sticks! Balls!
Listened
to Cardinal-games on the radio! Went to a “few” at Busch-Stadium!
On
the occasion of my 5th-Christmas, I got a Rawlings baseball-glove! Wow!
I
cherished that (sacred) leather-mitt; wore
it-out playing-ball! Fun!-Fun!-Fun!
When
I turned 12 (7-years
later)
I had earned enough money to buy a new-one!
I
still have the original glove; Lady-Candice put it in a shadow-box! Thank-you!
I
don’t have much use for the “material” of this-life; just an old ball-glove. Maybe!?
Built
some mighty-fine homes! Swimming-pools! Farms! Horses! Pets! Travel!
(All
of “it” nice---the-Truth!?...all of it done for those I love in this-life! It was so-easy!)
Yeah!---I
play the ole “lottery”! Every-day!...Just so…I can give all of it…away!
I’ll
take the pink-blush glow of a new-dawn! An ocean-wave! A mountain-summit!
It
just doesn’t get any better---than so-simple…for
(simple-humble)-me! Amen!
Oh!
Yeah!---That Golden-crown of mine!?
Uh!...So very proud of “it”!
Metaphoric! (fiction) It-is! But, crowned
with 7-precious jewels! Which I-cherish!
To
wit:
Lovely-Lady
Candice Leah! Beth! Becky! Z. Tyler! Lauren! Lexi! Anna Marie!
(And---to
add, now…Graig! Alexander! Lovely-Lady Jennifer!)
This
is my-“life”! They are my-“life”!
These “measures”---I-treasure!...Amen!
So!?---Happy Birthday! Old-man!...Proud! of a well-lived longevity! Thank you!
Good! Better!
Best! with
Live! Love! Laugh! through Faith! Family! Freedom!
Amen!
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