I have a really great idea! I am going to goof off for my one thousandth blogpost and give you a lovely poem that my lovely wife wrote for this lovely occasion:
What if?
One thousand blogs.
More than ten times the number of chemo treatments,
And more than the number of walking days.
More than the times of tapas and friends coming by,
More than the film festivals you’ve been to.
Of course it’s the chemo and walking that keeps you alive,
But what if it’s the blog instead?
What if?
OK, well thanks to all of you that have been putting up with me for two and a half years or how ever long it’s been since you wandered in here. If you want to give me a comment on this celebratory post it would be great. Always loving you, Felipe.
Speaking as a blogger… I can tell you with certainty… the writing keeps us alive… 🙂 Or more specifically, the music that is in the writing… So keep writing… keep spilling your light… we are all grateful…
Terry ~ thanks for being at my side on this. It’s going to be a long dark winter so there will be plenty of time to blog our brains out. Love you man, Felipe.
Hola Felipe!
A thousand!
Like “you’re batting a thousand”, perfect praise
Like “the thousand and one welcomes” that the Irish wish upon you,
Like “I’ve told you a thousand times not to exaggerate”, and you’re not,
Like “the thousand yard stare” of the battle scarred Marine
Like “walking a thousand miles” to see how the next thousand begin.
A thousand.
SF,
PFJ
Wow, nice poetry PFJ! I’m lovin your enthusiasm about the whole darn situation. Hello to the thousand people in your family! Felipe.
Your Rebecca is a smart woman. Writing the blog, sharing the life, is itself life giving:). A joy to read.
Michelle ~ yea, you know Rebecca watches me flail around endlessly and then says something really pithy about the whole situation. Bingo. Yup, sharing the life, thanks, Felipe.x