Madear ... Today is your birthday and I am thinking of you with my eyes fllled with joyful tears as I remember you although 63 years have passed since you left me. I visited your grave site in Austin in July while I was there for my high school reunion. I took my wife, May with me and she wishes she had had a chance to meet you. She is a good woman and I know you would love her. Upon returning to my home in Long Beach May gave me a birthday party at the Petroleum Club to celebrate my 80th birthday. The party was on September 6, which is the first full day I arrived in Long Beach, although my birthday is September 23. There were almost 300 people in attendance, including my daughter Stephanie Louise Joseph and her son Victor Charles Joseph and her daughter Stephanie Alexandria Joseph, along with Barabara Ann's son, Sean. May made a video of my life which included a picture of you. I wish you could have seen the video. I love you ... Sonny