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of your birthday celebration myDarlin’ and I can’t wipe this smile off of my face as I think back to the signs (#GodWinks) that you sent to let us know that you are enjoying the view. Today was the Blue Hawaii Birthday Jam in your honor and all I can say is that you are truly loved; yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Anytime at all, all you’ve got to do is call and I’ll be there…..
loudly and deliberately woke me from my sleep this morning. (OK, OK – I know I had already been hitting my snooze for at least 45 minutes) As I jump in the shower I can hear you (and our grandsons because they’ve heard you so many times) say, “You really shouldn’t jump in the shower, it’s dangerous”.
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I go to the living room to open the blinds to let the sun shine in and say to you, “We’re having a party for you tonight myDarlin’ and I’ll be a bit late getting home” and your hat that is hanging by your urn falls to the ground. OK myDarlin’ I will take your hat with me. (by the way – I sure hope people don’t think that I am crazy when I tell them. Oh wait! They already do.)
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Our friends decorated the patio for your birthday jam with shades of ocean blue and Leilani, and brought a cake fashioned after the beach that you loved so much. I brought a few of your Blue Hawaii Elvis pieces and thought about how you were so modest about having been in the movie Blue Hawaii with Elvis himself. Funny that Elvis was referred to as the King, and now you are really starring with the real King of Kings in heaven. In fact, you’ll be there all week (insert ba-da-bum), or is it for eternity?!
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The girls arrive to celebrate your day and we talk of the fact we’ve gained weight over the past few days. Who ever said that there are no calories in birthday dinners, milk shakes, cakes, etc…. were really telling a story! Her phone has an alert…. ‘Robert Robert Kenui Pope is nearby’ and she asks me if I did anything on your phone. I take it out of my purse to show her, and the same alert is on your phone myDarlin’. ‘Michelle Pope is nearby’. Nothing like being ‘low-key’ myDarlin’… she said you were just messing with her.
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And so in honor of you, your quirky, corny sense of humor and infectious laugh – she takes the stage to tell some of your best jokes. ‘What’s the difference between a pizza and a bass player?’ (wait for it) ‘A pizza can feed a family of four!’ (insert ba-da-bum) But wait, there’s more! She is her Father’s daughter.
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Friends tell me how you, and you and I have caused them to pause and look at life
and love a bit differently. And I thank God for sending you to me, and me to you at a time in our lives when we really needed to know that ‘All you need is love’. And as we looked back at our lives thus far, we realized that there’s no need for fussing and fighting and made sure to appreciate each other every day of our lives.
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It’s time to call it a night on the last day of your birthday celebration. I gather our things, say (or should I say hug) my goodbyes and slide into the car seat. I turn the key in the ignition, the left turn signal comes on and I laugh out loud as I say to myself ‘Nascar! Left turns only’. And I know that you are with me as I think back to so many conversations with you that ended with, ‘We have a good life. I love you.’
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Tonight I am filled with gratitude as I think back over your birthday weekend and how blessed we are to have had eleven wonderful years together. And my prayer for our Ohana is that they will pause to remember when times get tough to keep looking up. Happy Birthday myDarlin’.
#KeepLookingUp #AllYouNeedisLove
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