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jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2000-11-02 07:20 PM





Remember When

Remember when every birthday
was a wondrous event and
every year seemed to pass so slow?
Remember how you couldn't wait
for another year to pass?
Remember the fun,the games,
the friends,how great it was,
back then?

Remember the little girl
with the gorgeous eyes,
the beautiful smile;
that bubbly,loveable,
wonderful creature of God
that everyone loved,
and wanted for a friend?

Remember yesterday?
And all the other days
that passed with the wind?
Remember the good times?
The happy times,
the fun times,the times
you never wanted to end?

Remember the sad times?
The bad times;
the pain,
the sorrow
the heartache,
the crying,
and the wishes that it would end?

Remember all those days.

Remember that it took each and every one,
all the good and bad
to bring you to the person you are today.
The person that radiates a glow
that fills us all with warmth
every time she smiles.
The one that lights the night,
and brightens our day
every times she looks our way.
The soul that's loved so deeply
by all that hold her dear.

Remember that birthdays
don't ever grow old,
they just mold you,
and grow you,
with every year.

Happy Birthday, Jan,
We love you so.

w. james beard, jr.


...for my sister-in-law who felt so old today (of course we nutured that!)



© Copyright 2000 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Marge Tindal
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1 posted 2000-11-02 07:24 PM


JWesley~
Delightful.
Happy Birthday, Jan !

Remember that birthdays
don't ever grow old,
they just mold you,
and grow you,
with every year.'


*I don't know about you, Jan ...
but I feel VERY molded !
*giggles*
~*Marge*~




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peppermint35
Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106
Texas, USA
2 posted 2000-11-02 08:04 PM


This is a delightful birthday wish!!!  Happy birthday indeed, Jan

Pepper
"I honor the place in you, that when you are in that place, and I am in that place in me, we are in the same place"
Ram Dass

Butterflies_dont_cry
Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733
Michigan
3 posted 2000-11-02 08:23 PM


A beautiful birthday tribute...with a lovely
reminder for each and every one of us.  I'm
sure Jan will appreciate this lovely verse
and extend my Happy Birthday to her as well!

Bill Charles
Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
4 posted 2000-11-02 08:36 PM


jwesley - what a wonderful writing you have done. It's just great, and whom ever you wrote it for, should be proud.

Bill


snowpants
Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061
KS
5 posted 2000-11-02 09:11 PM


'The person that radiates a glow
that fills us all with warmth
every time she smiles.
The one that lights the night,
and brightens our day
every times she looks our way'

very lovely poem, jwesley!  so thoughtful!  I love it!!

sp  


Do not go where the path may lead, but instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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