How difficult it is to express feelings when they are stronger than words.
Today, January 8, is your birthday. But for us it is one more celebration, like every day, every hour or every minute, in which you give us calm, peace and strength to carry on, every time our vinyls or CDs turn on or we turn on the TV, and there you are. and your music
And who better to express these feelings than a child. Elvis’ stepbrother, Billy, emotionally tells us about his memories and what it could be like on Elvis’s birthday.
Billy says that Elvis really didn’t like people throwing a big party or putting on a show for his birthday. He always preferred giving gifts to receiving them.
On his 1965 birthday, Billy was 12 years old, his brother Ricky was 12, and his other brother, David, was 10 years old. The little ones wanted to give Elvis something very special. And with that illusion that only children are capable of feeling, they began to make plans to see what gift they could give him.
The children knew that Elvis loved cars, so they decided to build him some models themselves. They each chose a different car, assembled and painted it themselves, then put it in shoeboxes and gift-wrapped it.
When the time came, they were handed over to Elvis, who opened them, smiled and hugged them tenderly, and told all the guests and family present that these were the best gifts he had received that year.
When all the guests left the house and everything returned to normal, the four of them were left alone. Elvis asked the three children to come with him to his room, took the cars and carefully placed them on his desk. They sat and talked for a while, as they used to do. Elvis stared at the cars and his eyes filled with tears. He asked the children to join him where he was sitting behind his desk, then hugged them again and said, “You are the best birthday present I have ever received.”
The excited children also smiled at him and said: “Happy birthday, Elvis”…
And we join them and the beauty of the moment, to also wish you a happy birthday.
We don’t know what wish you’ll ask for today when you blow out the candles. But we do know that we will all be around you to turn them off
with you and, as the little ones did, we will put our hearts in a shoebox as a birthday present.
88 years ago today you appeared in the form of a new star in the firmament and a new heart began to beat.
But that star and his heart beat above the eventualities of this world, and they will never stop beating, because you will be remembered, lived and heard for all eternity.
