Today is my birthday, but we are not going to fully celebrate for a few more days. Arthur’s birthday is exactly one week after mine, so we plan to split the difference and mark both occasions at the same time. However, I have already received a very sweet card and a banana fudge sundae from somebody! :)
Most likely we will go out to dinner on Saturday. Our very favorite place to eat is called Junior’s, and I think it must be Oklahoma City’s best kept secret. The food is wonderful, the atmosphere is cozy but classy, and it is less expensive than some of the chain restaurants. It is a great place for us to relax, reminisce, and share another step forward in time.
I had a somber thought this morning, and since my birthday celebration is still forthcoming, I allowed my mind to run with it.
Today I am officially older than my dad lived to be.
I haven’t yet reached the age that Andy was when he died, so I have no idea how I will feel when that day arrives. I do know that I am not supposed to be older than my parent. But I am.
My dad died at age 52, leaving my mother a young widow. Shelby and John only know him from family stories. Jimmy has just a few vague memories of a jovial man that would lift him up high and make him laugh. My brother and I were adults, and were just really getting to know our father as a person rather than “just” a parent.
One of these days I will create a post full of memories of my dad. There are many
different types of people in the world, each wonderful in their own way. But my dad was a one-of-a-kind, a unique individual who honestly stood out from the crowd. I know many girls think of their fathers that way, but just wait ‘til the day I create that entry! You will agree with me! :)Another odd little tidbit floated through my brain today. Andy and my dad never met, at least not in this life. Like Shelby and John, Andy only heard the legends and wished he could have known him.
Arthur, the love I’ve been married to for less than four years, knew my dad very well.
Our lives are full of strange little twists and turns like that.
Alright, I'm off to try to shake off this mood now...!
1 comment:
A big happy birthday to you! Hope you find some time today to enjoy it!
I am coming upon that magical number where by I will be older then Jeff was when he died. I will gain a small amount of satisfaction from it, as he used to like to tease me that since he was older, he had something over on me. So soon I will be older then he is. I just wish he was around to tease about it...but then if he was around he would still be older so I couldn't tease him. Ugh I am getting a headache. lol Anyway Stella, enjoy!
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