Tuesday, August 29, 2006

To My Father on this Date

Today is my father's 70th birthday. He decided to take it easy, which I'm very happy about as his original plan was, and I quote, "To throw myself a surprise party." That's right, he was going to surprise everyone else by throwing a party (though I had this scenario in my head where people showed up at his place for what they thought was something else, and, SURPRISE, it's party time).
Happy birthday, Dad. I hope today was good for you.
I hope no one said, "Oh wow, you were born on the same day as Hurricane Katrina."
I hope you got presents that you wanted.
I hope that the next few years are happy ones.
I love you very much.
Ladies and Gentlemen: a round of applause for my father.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Father of Leab! My Mom turned 70 this year as well, and my Dad (who turned 75 this year) surprised her with a trip for them to Sweden & Norway, which my Mom has always wanted and Dad always said No way in Hell he was going to Europe! It was a great surprise, and I hope you have equally as good of a Birthday year and years to come! :)