Some events have such emotional and spiritual weight that bare words seem inadequate to capture their importance.
Your beautiful daughter shining like the Midnight Moon gives birth to a beautiful daughter more radiant and warming than the Midsummer Sun.
So, though as Jukebox readers will know I’m rarely stumped for le mot juste, I stuttered and stuttered trying to think of words that could in any way sum up the depths of my feelings.
Luckily, I then remembered that Bob Dylan had tenderly expressed all that I could ever want to say in his great benediction song to a newborn, ‘Forever Young’.
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
For Heather from Grandad.
May you stay Forever Young.
The Immortal Jukebox 
One of those supreme moments Thom – so many congratulations. I’m sure your heart is teeming with feelings that will enrich the Jukebox for many years to come! Bob brings it home like he so often does. Hope Heather is not keeping her mum up at all hours 🙂 but something tells me she might be doing just that…!
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Thanks. She is, of course, an Angel!
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Congratulations!
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Many thanks Clare. Thom
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Dylan, while often intentionally obscure, had moments when the poet storyteller put the imagery of obfuscation on the shelf and wrote something beautiful and timeless. This is one of the very best. Another is the album Blood on the Tracks. It’s easy to tell a tale around a tale. It’s an art to nail a feeling. Best to your granddaughter. May all our children’s children know the light that surrounds them and stay forever young. Neverland was never a place. It has alwAys been a state of mind…
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Lovely words Phil. Many thanks Thom.
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