There are 9 entries related to the tag “birthday”
Thirty Eight and Eighty Three
I might have been eight or nine, I don't recall (like many things in my life, my past is nearly as blurry and clouded as my eyesight), but I had a book about rocks. I wasn't interested in rocks. I didn't even read (though I pretended I did by buying ...
Thoughts on getting older
Its hard not to measure your life by the things you've accomplished (and not accomplished), to look at your failures and think that without those perhaps you'd be this or have that. I don't know what I'll be doing in a year, let alone 5 years from now — hell, ...
Luke Edward Armstrong, The Younger
It's not hard to imagine that we're all excited in this family about the arrival of Luke. We've prayed, talked and anticipated his coming for months and months and the emotions overflow now that he's here. Being older and having gone through so much in the 8 years between kids, ...
Drum Roll Please.......
It's Paul's birthday, so make a big wish for him, send him offensive texts or just leave a nice message on our site =-) He is thankful for all of his wonderful friends and family near and far; we both are. ...
Happy Birthday to me
Well, I'm a year older. Whoopee. Birthdays are complex mess for me, as I stated last year (and the year before that)-- is this a male thing? Are any of you guys the same as me -- you don't really care its your birthday, you don't want it ...
Happy Birthday little man
Today Elliott is a big 5 year old. My parents come into town today and Saturday is a fun little celebration with 5 of his friends (for those of you without kids, a good rule for kids birthday parties, never have more than the age of your kid, it keeps ...
The surprise weekend
I'm writing to you from the living room of my parents house in Delaware after the weekend of the surprise 65th birthday celebration of my mom. We've been planning the trip and her party for nearly a year, and it all came together quite well -- well, there were ...
Tell me the story of my birth
The night before Abigails birthday, she asked me to tell her about how she was born (not "how" she was born, we're not to those revelations yet), so here's what I told her on (this past) Friday night: Almost 7 years ago Mommy and I were up late at night listening ...
Almost Six With An Anticipated Growth Spurt (overnight!)
Saturday is the big day; Abigail will be celebrating her sixth year of life and words cannot adequately describe how excited she is! Tonight, before bed, she let me in on a little secret- something she is convinced of: Abigail said that when she wakes up tomorrow morning, ...