Birthdays

My eldest brother's birthday is actually tomorrow. But we celebrated it today. And we had all my siblings together in one place (which is rare).
At the party there were a lot of old friends of Dave (who is turning 60). And what I wasn't expecting were all the extemporaneous testimonials from his co-workers about what a loyal and strong friend they had both as a co-worker and when he was their Union representative. My family all thanked him as a protector of us younger siblings and, well I guess he's just a strong friend. He's one to keep.
Dave's touched a lot of people with music, with his leadership, with his heart. A loyal man with soul.

And that which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, 
Those are things he has.