Happy Birthday To You

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This husband of mine…

Out putzing around…said something about aging…talked about the downfalls…laughed about the positives…his being his two newly acquired…favorite phrases…

I don’t want to…and I don’t care…

Spent the rest of the day…I don’t want tooing…and I don’t caring…hee hawing like we were the two funniest people on the planet…

We should drive faster…I don’t want to…the speeders behind us will get mad…I don’t care…we should skip French Fries…I don’t want to…they’re not good for cholesterol…I don’t care…

And so it is…the freedom of aging…the wisdom…of aging…and on this day…this special birthday…the LAST day one of us will celebrate a birthday in his 60s…

He’s earned the right…to do what he wants…and not care…

Wanted to downplay the day…keep it simple…not draw attention to the fact that the big 7-0 is around the corner…

But hey…this wife of his…doesn’t want to…and doesn’t care…

So happiest of birthdays to you…birthday boy…gonna shout it from the mountain tops…so everyone can hear…because you deserve a day…as wonderful…and special…as you…

And celebrating me…bets that if all you wonderful folks out there want to wish him the best…deep down…

He won’t care…
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And this birthday boy of mine…will agree…