APPARENTLY, I WAS BORN…

~8/6/1949-2024

                                                                                                                              People keep asking me what my plans are for my birthday.                                                                

I answer, “I’m planning to get older.”

Then, I throw my head back, open my mouth really wide, and laugh a hearty laugh,

that I’m sure is echoing into Eternity where my dad can hear me.

You see…

Apparently, I was born.

So life kept happening.

Trials, tribulations, joys, sorrows

Income, poverty, marriages, divorces,

births, deaths.

I don’t know…it just kept happening.

 

New teeth, old teeth, false teeth…

never worn.

Nakedness, new wardrobes

Hairstyles, body shape, loss of appetite, ravenousness,

learning, teaching, blindness,

hindsight, intuition, stupidity

I don’t know…it just kept happening.

 

Falling, rising triumphantly!

Deceit, revelations.

Perfect Summer beach days,

hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes,

other storms of life.

Travel, vacations, confinement,

addictions, deliverances.

I don’t know it just…keeps happening.

 

Writers block, muse returning!

Surgical removal of organs and cancer cells,

radiation therapy, physical therapy, counseling, medications.

Much prayer!

No regrets!

Thank God!