DeWese--Birthday Wishes, Hopes and Dreams

Frankly, my wish was simple. I've had the same wish for every birthday candle I've extinguished since age 50. It was: "I damnsure hope I can blow out all these candles with all these people watching."

What a mundane wish; how trivial can I be? Imagine being worried about my ability to extinguish a few candles? The printers had been kind enough to instruct the baker to adorn the cake with about five candles rather than 57. Fifty-seven candles would have been an impossible chore. Five candles were easy.