there is a butcher named jon that works out of the safeway near my home
he has beautiful rosy cheeks, smooth skin, wears a baseball hat with emblem, crisp white shirt and red tie
he is in his 80's

they tried to force him to retire
but he just kept on showing up for his shifts
refusing to leave

a master butcher, a christian, alive as a teenager

he likes to make grand announcements over the speaker
so that the customers will know that the beef rib is an excellent cut and on special

he cracks bad jokes, making sure to tell the punchline twice as he laughs
has memorized hundreds of customers names

how does he stay so young?
his memory is perfect
his energy, seemingly endless

he loves his wife
lifts his co-workers up with his enthusiasm for life


you can try to treat him like he is old
but he isn't

in fact, if you sit and have a half glass of wine with him
at the local pub
(he is considered the unofficial mayor of horseshoe bay)
he will tell the story of how he recently acquired a three quarters of a million dollar loan/mortgage, without any life insurance. He will have to pay it off by the time he hits 115 years.(he finds this hysterical)

he laughs
and blames his luck on god

thank you jon.