Lady Gator … Doesn’t it sound like it was “meant to be” in that your friend was playing that Sinatra song at the birthday party? I too have an old friend — the man lives in Boston alone at 99 with a marriage that lasted 75 years. In his home is a bust of Einstein with a ceiling spotlight on it which I have never forgotten. The man is a genius with all of his facilities together — and because of a childhood hearing problem that was handled badly back then has been deaf. But he rang out in defense of the hard-of-hearing and was the man responsible for those public phones that had the button up top to raise the sound so those deaf could hear. There was more - as you might imagine — but he writes weekly and I stumble in my efforts to answer at the high level of intelligence that he carries. I thought if him tonight - of his overcoming adversities of all kinds - and still is the man I know 40 years ago. I am so proud to know him, try to be there to lift his spirits from afar - though he never says they need lifting for he doesn’t complain but continues to ask the most astounding questions and somehow gives me hope for the years ahead. He certainly exemplifies the person who gets the most out of life, never stopping, and “doing it his way”. Joan