Don’t cry for me
I’m not gone.
My soul is at rest,
My heart lives on.
Light a candle
For me to see
And hold on to
My memory.
But save your tears
For I’m still here
By your side
Through the years.
  
            -Christy Ann Martine

Martine can't resist
anything in three four time,
silly little Lark

You have outgrown it,

it no longer fits you.

Old ideologies wither up, like too small shoes.

No one's there to hold your hand,

because you know better now.

Got the blues because those growing pains are starting to become too powerful to ignore.

Some truly do take longer, but you've been lying to yourself all week, all month, all year..

The procrastination you used to slide on doesn't fit anymore.  

The self-doubt that you once tried pulling on over your head, now causes friction against your skin.

The blanket of these familiar things no longer keep you warm; for you have evolved above and outgrown them all.

Your fire now burns too bright. You can not douse the flames in mediocrity.

It is time to grow up.



-Martine Beauvais

Bud Abbott's sister Olive lived to be 101 (1896-1997). Actor Tom Ewell, who starred w/Abbott & Costello in 1951's Lost in Alaska, died at age 85 (4/29/1909 - 9/12/1994). He was survived by his mother. She was 105 when Tom died. She lived to be 109: Martine Tomkins (2/17/1889 - 3/6/1998). Tom Ewell's 2nd wife Ann Abbott was the daughter of Broadway director George Abbott (6/25/1887 - 1/31/1995). The 107-yr.-old George Abbott was no relation to Bud Abbott as far as I know.