Today would have been Larry's 62nd birthday and Elizabeth posted something on facebook that made me think of this story. It's so much easier to smile than cry. Larry was notoriously difficult to buy gifts for, thus the reason that he had every electronic gizmo out there, and never wanted us to buy him anything. He could buy us whatever he wanted but we weren't supposed to spend money on him. In this vein one year he said all he wanted for his birthday was Cherry Chip cake. Notice he left out "a". Elizabeth said something along the lines of we should all buy him cherry chip cake mixes. So we did. He was also a champ at just knowing what was in the boxes and these cake mixes really stumped him. They all weighed the same, felt the same and were exactly the same size. Once he started to open them the hilarity grew and grew and grew. Rob's friend Chad said he'd never heard us laugh so hard! In total he got 13 cherry chip cake mixes (and a BBQ grill) for his birthday. The next year he was very careful to say he wanted A cherry chip cake, and only one! I'm laughing as I think of it, it was a very fun joke to play on the jokester!
Man, I miss him.
2 comments:
That's a wonderful story Gail and a happy memory. Ann :-)
Yes, it is better to laugh sometimes then cry. Thanks for sharing a little more about Larry.
Mr. Wonderful will be calling his brother tomorrow, as it would have been Jennifer's 32nd birthday. His brother asked him to call.
Blessings,
Jilly
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