HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACKIE!

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We are celebrating the gift of life today-my second son's 23rd birthday!

Mackie is my namesake, carrying on my maiden name-through his first name, McCall. I just left him in the kitchen stuyding...listening to classical music, Mozart and Hayden...and every note made me smile, because I have never, ever, ever heard him listen to anything but rap or rock or any number of other types of loud and sometimes confusing diatribes.

Today is a good day, he seems happy and alert and at peace and for that I am grateful because as we parents know, in one fell swoop-everything can change!

Mackie is an artistic entrepreneur, having designed a series of bandanas he calls "Bandelis" with the festive colors of...purple, green and gold for LSU and Mardi Gras and my favorite, black and gold for the best football team anywhere, the New Orleans "Saints."

They're called "Bandelis" because they sport a Fleur de Lis pattern that is as uniquely fashionable-as my dear son's hairstyle!...And the best part is-he wants to donate part of his profits from the sales, to charity-his idea!

I'm proud of this child who has walked the tightrope of life, balancing the highs and lows without ever giving up or giving in to the inevitable depression that often comes his way....And I pray for his heart today, asking God to give him the gift of wisdom, fortitude, peace and unconditional love so that he will know that the heavenly father's love is the only love that really matters...because it is unconditional, unending and oh so liberating!!!

HAPPY, BLESSED BIRTHDAY MACKIE!

www.Bandelis.com

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