Mannetta On My Mind
On what would have been his 67th birthday....24 June 1957 was his entry point
If you live you get to celebrate your birthday
The dice roll the wrong way and the date is an anniversary of your birth
The dice will roll that way for all of us
Memories of your life come flooding into my head and heart
Today they bring me smiles
On other days I can dissolve into tears
Joni said it best, laughing or crying, it’s all the same release
Released, you have been released, and the world is a less happy place without you
But we will keep keeping on and being irreverent and silly and warm and loving
Although I still chat with you, or at you, I can easily imagine your response
For instance, I saw this headline and immediately thought of you
We could have riffed on the “how to watch” topic for some time
I come across facts and information each day that cause me to exclaim:
“TONY! You have to see this….” or I just yell out “Tony” and know that you would understand the ridiculousness or beauty of something I had discovered
Yeah, it’s that simple connection that I miss, that we shared for 50 years
Tony left the planet in October 2021. His Open Heart Surgery was not successful
He has been on my mind a lot during 2024
He will always be there
And in my heart
The point, there is only one point, and that is if you love someone
Turn it up
And make sure they know….tomorrow is always too late
Make sure they hear it now, what’s stopping you?
I love ya Tony.
