Birthdays: Bryan & Billy

Happy 63rd birthday (February 25, 2023) to my dear friend Bryan, who has always been a year and a day older than me. It is difficult to believe that we have known each other for very close to 62 years.

Here I am sitting between Bryan and his sister Suzanne behind my house in Babylon, Long Island, New York, in June 1962, when I was 16 months old. Bryan was 28 months old. I just say that we were ages 1 and 2, respectively.

Although we lived on different streets, only a hedge separated our backyards. I lived in that house in Babylon with my parents from the time of my birth on February 26, 1961, until we moved to a house several miles away in West Islip during the summer of 1972.

The last time I was with Bryan was for several hours when I was on a business trip in Las Vegas in March 2016. He lives in Vegas; I live in southeastern Florida. At the time of that business trip, we hadn't been together in about 19 years.

We continue to keep in touch via phone and Facebook.