This is my brother, David, with his lovely wife, Becky. They
were high school sweethearts. Imagine that in this day and
age! This
photo was borrowed from the wedding pics of his oldest son, also,
David.
I am the oldest and he is the second of six children. He looks and sounds so much like our father did when we were children that I have actually startled when he has entered a room.
Today is his birthday. I am not going to tell you how old he is because that would be snitching on Becky.
I am going to tell you that he was born in Texas, and I remember frequently playing "The Yellow Rose of Texas" on our little phonograph.
His favorite color was green.
He loved Davy Crockett and we always watched "Lassie" on Sunday evenings when we were children. That's back when the Campbell's Kids were the sponsors and Fess Parker played Davy Crockett. We used to turn our jungle gym into a conestoga wagon and fight imaginary enemies along the wagon train's route.
Our swingset turned into a rocket ship and we tried to land on the Planet Tang.
We were quarantined for chicken pox or measles when we were little. We each broke out in spots exactly 10 days apart from one another when there were five children in the family (You do the math!)
He was a great Little League player and I remember watching his games with a bit of envy. No one believed that girls could play ball back then.
He once rode a unicycle all the way to school.
He and my sister, Kathleen, were so close when they were little that they developed "Twin Speak." They looked for Run Claw on Christmas Eve and hit the Big Boy for a wish whamich.
He was a charming, shy, and sensitive child who grew up to be a charming, confident, sensitive man.
Today, he is father to four amazing young adults. I wish I knew him better but, time, family circumstances, and distance have made that difficult. Despite all that, I have known him longer than any other person on this earth and I love him very much.
Happy Birthday, David!
What a great entry! One more thing, he loved turtles. His huge turtle was Horatio and lived in ta baby pool in the back yard. I used to call him "Boy". Don't ask me why.
Posted by: Kathleen | 06/06/2010 at 08:52 PM
And he had a construction site on the side of the house on Gwilada. There must have been a dozen Tonka tucks over there. Remember the blue Cutlass?
Posted by: Victoria | 06/08/2010 at 04:30 PM