Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Forty! (It's a BVGO!)

**As previously noted in a post this morning, this is Elletu's birthday. But she is not the only one within the BVG family celebrating a birthday today. This is a momentous day in the world of the BVGO's as the first one enters her 40's. In honor of this milestone, I present this poem:

CAN IT BE?

TODAY THE FIRST BVGO TURNS FORTY!

ON SEPTEMBER 9 IN '74,

J DID SOMETHING SHE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE.

SHE HAD A BABY, AND SHE PAVED THE WAY

FOR AN ELITE GROUP TO FORM SOMEDAY.

THE BVGO's, ONCE SO SMALL,

NOW ADULTS, ONE AND ALL.

MAKES US ALL FEEL SO OLD

WHEN WE ARE TOLD

THAT LORDY, LORDY,

J'S DAUGHTER IS NOW FORTY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO JODI,
AND REMEMBER, FORTY ISN'T OLD IF YOU'RE A TREE!
(At least that's what all the signs said when we turned 40 so very long ago---that and,
I'D RATHER BE OVER THE HILL THAN UNDER IT!
And probably my favorite,
THE OLDER THE VIOLIN, THE SWEETER THE MUSIC!