It’s Virginia’s Birthing Day and Joy’s Birthday — Image by kenneToday is your birthday.
A day we celebrate.
It was her third birthing day,
When you came into her life.
A day you both share,
But only she remembers.
She celebrates your special day
In a way, only she can feel.
Because of her singular feelings,
You will always be her Joy.
— kenne
by kenne
Joy’s Mother, Virginia, on her 87th birthday — image by joy
Many of the family gathered at Jody & Jim’s to celebrate Virginia’s 87th birthday. Since I was a little under the weather, and my camera battery went dead (sadly, I was not prepared), there are just a handful of photos. (Flickr Photo Set)
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Kenne David, Katie, Agnes (Mother) & Kenne — November 27, 2003
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOTHER!
WE MISS YOU!
Thinking about Mother
I thought about yesterday
Remembering the moments
I thought about today
Taking a big breath.
I thought about tomorrow
Exceeding my grasp.
I thought about time
Wondering about timeless.
I thought about life,
Asking the question.
I thought about people,
Knowing not what I see.
I thought about what is,
Wondering why?
I thought about ideals,
Seeking what should be.
I thought about truth,
Confusing it with the facts.
I thought about art,
Becoming aware.
I thought about love
Touching the feeling.
I though about Joy,
Feeling love inside.
I thought about you,
Walking with long shadows.
I thought again of tomorrow
Sharing your path.
— kenne
Little Girl Blues
Although,
she has her peers,
She lives in
A big girl world
Yet holding her own
In their big girl games.
But,
What does she do
When the game is new
And the players
Play too fast
In little girl games.
She does what
We all do
In a world
Going round and round,
She stops and gets off
The merry-go-round.
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Friends and family celebrated Nick birthday early before Kate, Matt and Nick headed back to Ft. Collins. Even though it was hot for these Ft. Collins people, we are appreciative of the time they spent in the Texas gulf coast. (Photo Set)
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Five years ago, family and friends gathered to celebrate Virginia’s 80th birthday. Now, it’s time to gather again to celebrate. In two weeks the celebration is on!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN!
Two weeks after Ken & Mary’s Blues Project House Party, many of the same people got together to help Ken celebrate his 65th birthday. Mike Durben, Rich DelGrosso and Sonny Boy Terry, as usual, put on another great blues evening. It just doesn’t get better!
I will be putting a video on YouTube soon, so for now enjoy this photo set.
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A Birthday Chant
Texas 
land south of the Red River
Temperature
one hundred and one
Happiness
in the return
Sadness
in miles left behind
Ft. Worth
on my mind
Exit
one more Hampton Inn
Flowers
for someone special
Birthday
coming tomorrow
Virginia recalls
her birthing-day
In historic
Gruene, Texas
Bed and Breakfast
above the river
Family
planned to celebrate
Arranged
on false expectations
Tears
not to be witnessed
By those
who play games
Be aware
things will be right
And still
we celebrate the moment
Walking
down the street
Window shopping
each passing shore-front
Rain returns
from Dolly’s outer bands
Finding sanctuary
in Gruene Hall
Our pours
open to the past
Sensing
ghosts of yesterday’s lovers
Dancing
the night away
Cords
of blues stringers
Vibrating
the old hall walls
Echoing
through the chicken wire
Leaving
one more for the road
Dinnertime
at the old Grist Mill
Waitress
forgets the birthday cake
Next
after music at the hall
Gifts
focus the remembrance
Opening each
holding back tears
Till sisters
pierce the porcelain face
As only
sisters can do
Always remembering
whether near or far
kenne
