{"id":706,"date":"2024-03-17T15:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gassett.info\/david\/?p=706"},"modified":"2024-03-18T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:02:12","slug":"happy-birthday-to-my-hanger-of-moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gassett.info\/david\/2024\/03\/17\/happy-birthday-to-my-hanger-of-moons\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to my Hanger of Moons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is David\u2019s birthday. He was born on a mild March Monday on St. Patrick\u2019s Day in 1975, and while there doesn\u2019t seem to be any ancient Celtic or Gaelic legends about St. Patrick\u2019s Day babies being born lucky, I consider it to be a pretty lucky day for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night while waiting for sleep, I was having these sad thoughts that often trample around my mind’s garden such as how many more birthday and anniversaries David and I would get to celebrate together. I awoke this morning plagued with the same intrusiveness, so I decided to not give those thoughts the power they were demanding today. Instead, I worked on a gratitude list of things about my favorite person while he was napping on the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His parents for having him<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sense of humor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His beautiful mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His willingness and skill to fix things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His unwillingness to let me feel sorry for myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His natural ability to be a great Dad <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His smile and dimples I can\u2019t see because of the beard but know they are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His laughter when watching the most ridiculous movies and tv shows on earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His introspectiveness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His back rubs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His willingness to listen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His enthusiasm when he teaches a class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His telling me, in detail, about the dreams he had while sleeping<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His simplicity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His adaptability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His social awkwardness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His willingness to do what it takes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His orange shoes for no other reason than they make him happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His secret feeling of pride when he hears indirectly of a compliment made about him<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His uncomfortableness when he is complimented directly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His bear hugs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His patience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His countless rewatching of movies he loves and can quote like Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Dark Knight, O Brother Where Art Thou  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sarcasm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His made-up dad jokes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His compassion and non-judgement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His selective forgetfulness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His quick thinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His love for animals (and our clowder of cats)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sensitivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His disbelief that he hasn\u2019t been canonized for taking out the trash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His silences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His excited explanations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His catching an insect and putting it safely out of the house without harming it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His disproportionately skinny legs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His ability to build sand sculptures, and Lego, and anything he wants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His brown eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His love for beef jerky, hot, hot sauces, and childlike joy for atomic fire balls (if he can ever find them)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His positivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His fondness for Taylor Swift<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His admittedly knowing all the lyrics and singing along to Taylor Swift<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His lack of rhythm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His loyalty to the Atlanta Falcons no matter what<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His creativity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His knowing exactly the right things to say and do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His strength (both physical and mental)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His kisses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His wonderment each day as to why he is so tired (while having Stage IV colorectal cancer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His smirk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His acceptance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His analogies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His refrigerator notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His generosity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His stopping to move turtles out of the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His shyness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His cold feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His reaching to hold my hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His love for cars and shows about cars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His hyper focus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sense of direction <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His spaghetti, banana pudding, anything grilled, pancakes, and cheese fries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His low-key competitiveness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His courage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His unabashed nerdiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His advice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His writing and bad spelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His friendship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His loud heart beat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His uncanny ability to always eat the one thing I was saving for myself in the fridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His silliness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His natural optimism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His support<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His always, without fail, letting me know me when his ears pop like at higher altitudes or just for any reason at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His random ticklishness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His yelling at the football players on TV on Football Sunday, Monday, and Thursday <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His unashamed choice of huge geriatric intended sunglasses just because they fit over his glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His almost stereotypical French nonchalance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sharing of social media videos he thinks are interesting or funny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His surprise and amusement every single time when he tells me something of interest he read or saw only for me to say yes I know because I AM THE ONE THAT TOLD\/SENT YOU THAT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His beard (even though I miss seeing his whole face)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His sometimes maddeningly weird exuberance for beating me to checking the mail each day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His unwavering \u201cit will be ok even when it isn\u2019t\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His willingness to try anything at least once<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-His complete okayness when I don\u2019t have the right candles for his cake and I improvise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-the other countless things I can\u2019t think of right now or will keep for myself <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday David. The sun shines when you are around. You make life worth living and are a reason that someone keeps getting up in the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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