Welcome back to Wednesday with Joyce n' friends, aka the Hodgepodge. Please, pour a cup and join us!
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Today's menu ...
Tell me something you remember about being 35.
It was truly the best time of my life.
Loving life, all the while working at a small CPA firm with folks who felt like family.
Not a care in the world ...
Last time you 'burned the candle at both ends'?
Gosh, it's been decades.
Retirement rocks!
Are you someone with the 'gift of gab'? Elaborate.
My first instinct was to say "Noooo!".
Then I remembered, I lack the ability to make a long story short.
Do you request a special meal on your birthday, and if so, tell us that meal is? Do you want the same kind of cake year after year, or will any flavor work? Do you want cake at all? Growing up, were birthdays a big deal in your house? Are they a big deal now?
My ideal birthday meal usually involves salmon and broccoli at Long Horn Steakhouse (and perhaps, a Tanqueray martini).
Thankfully, my family knows how much I love cheesecake.
Being an only child, my parents always made a big deal out of my birthday. I've written about it before, but one of my favorite memories involves my father: the Patriot:
I don't remember back in the day many folks on our street flying the flag -- but if they happened to spot one out our door, several were quick to get theirs.
One day, a neighbor couldn't contain his curiosity: "What holiday is this, Ad? I don't remember?"
Straight faced, my dad replied: "It's xxx's birthday."
"Age is just a number" ..... agree or disagree? Tell us why.
Absolutely, I agree!
I often imagine myself twenty years younger ... I just wish my joints would comply.
Insert your own random thought here.
