April 26, 2009

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                                                                     Happy Birthday Bill

   

  

  This post is for my wonderful brother Bill. 

  When we were younger, he traveled the world as a ballet dancer.

   

  

   Sarah and Billy

   

                                  

                              Billy                          Sarah

   

               

    

                                     Helsinki

   

  May 7th, 2009

  Dear Bill,

  My, My My!  Congratulations!  Fifty years of life is a big slice of time.  And we all know, you don’t have a wrinkle on you, do you?  Have you found one yet?  Some advice:  It’s the first one that get’s you.  All the rest don’t really matter after that. 

  

  

                                                                                                                   Prague

                                        You see it’s like when you have a brand new perfect car.  You don’t want to see a dent in it.  But one day you suddenly discover that first dent.  It’s devastating, isn’t it?  It ruins your day.  But then, other things happen, more dings and scratches, and suddenly you just don’t care any more.  Right?  Have you calmed down?  Or…..no, that’s not going to happen. 

  

                                                          

      Siena

  But don’t worry, we’ll still listen to your little emergencies and pretend it’s a crisis because we love you anyway.  I rather believe you want not to be wrinkled only because you want to please us.

                        

        

  Morocco

  

                                                                                                                   Frederiksborg

  Now, I am wondering…have you recognized the pictures…as the post cards you mailed to me over the years.  I’ve carried these post cards with me wherever I went, as I moved from place to place, wandering through the myriad settings of my life.  I kept them carefully packed like precious treasures. 

                        

   

    Athens

  You see, I have been planning for years to make a collage of these postcards and send it to you as a memento.  When Denis wrote to me about the Birthday Book, I knew the moment had come. The event of your fiftieth birthday is the perfect occasion now to return to you this collection of postcards which captures the many wonderful moments when you shared your presence with me from afar.  

  

  

  Buxton, England

  Although we have  lived so far apart for most of our lives, you always thought of me as you traveled the world.  Your little letters from distant places made me so happy, and brought me such a warm feeling of being a little closer. 

  

       

  E. Berlin

   

  

   

  Copenhagen

  Reading them over today took me instantly back to the delight I experienced in the moment I first received them.  Your messages were a special surprise, and reminded me that there was one person in the world who would always love me. 

  

   

  

  Thailand

   

  

  

  The Baltic Sea

  In one of your postcards you say, “Open your beautiful wings and fly”…..Reading it today, I feel touched.  Somehow I feel like I am really meant to do just that…and will.  So thank you again, now, for that present long ago. 

  

     

  Martinique

   

  

  

  Mallorca

  Some people come into my life for a minute, some people for a day, or a few years, but some people are in my life forever, no matter where they are, or what they’re doing.  I’m not actually with them, but I know they’re there — and you, my brother are one. 

  

  Oeuf peints

  Over the years I always knew that you were out there somewhere in the world, and these lovely postcards from time to time confirmed my awareness of your presence. 

  

   

  Germany

  Bill It seems like your entire life has been filled with bringing happiness and joy to your droves of dear friends, and to those who have come to see you perform.  That is your present to us. 

  

  Even though you and I have spent our lives so far apart, some of my happiest memories are of our times together. 

                        

  Barcelona

  Making this collage for your birthday was so much fun.  When I first started to collect these post cards the internet didn’t even exist.  Now they are “posted” for all the world to see.  And I am glad for people to know what a fabulous person you are, and what a great brother I am truly blessed to have.

  

    Huhnereir, Batik

  Have a fantastic birthday, and may all your birthday wishes come true!

  

  London Butterfly Garden  

   

  Much love always,

  Your sister,

  Sarah

   

           

   

   

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