1am – Happy Birthday, Tiffany!!!!

PROVE IT, HERMY……

And this is the day that our daughter Tiffany turns 24 years old!!!!!  I have known Tiffany in person for about four days, and it has been one of the most awesome experiences of my life!  She’s cool as hell, and I feel as if we click really well.

Now to wait for Elisabeth and then our grandchildrens’ arrivals. 

Even on such a happy occasion, a bit of sadness creeps in around the edges.  We’ve been viewing online music videos all night, and a Nirvana video came on.  My Mikey and Tiffany adore Kurt Cobain, and he is gone.  Well, for some crazy reason, I decided to look up Jonathan Brandis.

Since I was born in 1975, I always felt like Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Jonathan Brandis, and a few others were my friends; growing up along with me, you know?  Well, a short time back, I was browsing through a child-star site that went by the decades.  When I went to the 90s, it showed Jonathan Brandis with a 1976-2003 under his name.

“HE’S DEAD?” I screamed.

Well, my friend from childhood is gone.  I just found out, though he killed himself in 2003.  Just after I moved to Waco.  So another childhood friend is gone, and I am sad.  I don’t know if that is goofy or normal, but it’s true.  I’m grieving.  I watch IT sometimes, and when I see my Jon, I start to cry.  My Mikey is sympathetic, and for that, I’m grateful.  God forbid anything should ever happen to Drew Barrymore, for she’s my closest movie friend!!!!  I’ve grown up with her, and I adore Drew.  I always have.  But my Jon is gone.  I am sad.

But it’s our daughter’s birthday, and that makes me happy.  She seems to have found a wonderful man that maybe she can grow to love.  He told her tonight that he loves her, and I was present to witness the wonderful moment when she realized what he had said.  After all the years of wanting to be a mother, I feel totally fulfilled now.   Thank you, my beautiful daughters!

My Key, My Mikey, I love you forever times PI cubed plus one,

Your Jack