Mr. Twister just got a year younger! He now stands on the brink of entering his forties. Yes, the much dreaded decade where you know you arent getting any younger, your skin is showing faint wrinkles, your hair isnt getting any thicker, you gotta take care of your health, you need to spend more time with your loved ones, you need to revisit your life's plans, make smarter investments for the future etc etc.
I, of course, wont know how it feels like, unless I hit my forties, but the least I am hoping for is to be wiser than I am now. Less gullible, smarter, more efficient, better communicator, better connected, more culinary experiments, a 5K runner and perhaps, more patience thrown in, in this mix. It is about time I start collating my bucket list and start striking things off before it is too late.
Oh, looks like I unwittingly veered to my own self, but lets stick to Mr. Twister as this is his Birthday post. We, the 'family' met at a Thai joint for a laid-back evening dinner, post which Mr. Twister cut an appropriately-sized-for-audience birthday cake, which he dubbed the $3 cake (which it sooo wasnt!), amid protests of 'nobody loves me' based on the size of the cake! All in fun, and I'm glad he continues to live up to his apt pseudonym!
Here's a little poem that I whipped up for Mr. Twister on his birthday.
God bless him and may he have a 'roaring' forties ahead of him.
I hear it’s a special day today,
Happy birthday to you, Mr. Twister
Hope your day is absolutely splendid,
Revelry, red wine, and oh, a feaster!
I hope and wish your dreams come true,
Spending quality time with your darling son,
Sumptuous food, happy wines, vineyard trips,
And even that year-long Europe vacation!
Today is your birthday, look in the mirror,
Nature has been fair - not one time, but tons,
We must say, you look not a day over thirty,
Or perhaps, thirty with nine years’ experience!
Age is just a number, albeit, a very telling one
No reason you can’t get wild & have lots of fun
You’re young at heart and can party till late,
Sure you'll manage to stay up least till eight!
Today, New Year resolutions, you can bend,
It’s all 'maaf' on your very special day,
Wanna revisit those 200 'exercise' hours?
Promise, we will look the other way!
Don't worry about the future; sure you'll have a bright one,
Don't worry about the past, it is all dusted and done,
Don't worry about the present, haven’t got one for you,
We know we had exactly a year's time, but hey - boo hoo!
But on your birthday, let us wish you plenty of joy,
Coz now, you’re on the right side of forty, in fact,
And with it, let us give you some pearls of wisdom too
Smile wide while you still have your teeth intact!
Love & god bless, always
S & K (in absentia)
I, of course, wont know how it feels like, unless I hit my forties, but the least I am hoping for is to be wiser than I am now. Less gullible, smarter, more efficient, better communicator, better connected, more culinary experiments, a 5K runner and perhaps, more patience thrown in, in this mix. It is about time I start collating my bucket list and start striking things off before it is too late.
Oh, looks like I unwittingly veered to my own self, but lets stick to Mr. Twister as this is his Birthday post. We, the 'family' met at a Thai joint for a laid-back evening dinner, post which Mr. Twister cut an appropriately-sized-for-audience birthday cake, which he dubbed the $3 cake (which it sooo wasnt!), amid protests of 'nobody loves me' based on the size of the cake! All in fun, and I'm glad he continues to live up to his apt pseudonym!
Here's a little poem that I whipped up for Mr. Twister on his birthday.
God bless him and may he have a 'roaring' forties ahead of him.
I hear it’s a special day today,
Happy birthday to you, Mr. Twister
Hope your day is absolutely splendid,
Revelry, red wine, and oh, a feaster!
I hope and wish your dreams come true,
Spending quality time with your darling son,
Sumptuous food, happy wines, vineyard trips,
And even that year-long Europe vacation!
Today is your birthday, look in the mirror,
Nature has been fair - not one time, but tons,
We must say, you look not a day over thirty,
Or perhaps, thirty with nine years’ experience!
Age is just a number, albeit, a very telling one
No reason you can’t get wild & have lots of fun
You’re young at heart and can party till late,
Sure you'll manage to stay up least till eight!
Today, New Year resolutions, you can bend,
It’s all 'maaf' on your very special day,
Wanna revisit those 200 'exercise' hours?
Promise, we will look the other way!
Don't worry about the future; sure you'll have a bright one,
Don't worry about the past, it is all dusted and done,
Don't worry about the present, haven’t got one for you,
We know we had exactly a year's time, but hey - boo hoo!
But on your birthday, let us wish you plenty of joy,
Coz now, you’re on the right side of forty, in fact,
And with it, let us give you some pearls of wisdom too
Smile wide while you still have your teeth intact!
Love & god bless, always
S & K (in absentia)
Good poem!
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