Dear Dad-I'm so happy it's your birthday and I can't wait until we get to celebrate when you get home from work. Thank you for all the super fun times we've had together. I LOVE YOU!!
happy birthday papa! is it me, or does every little occasion now, how trivial it used to be, feel so much more rich with your boy in your lives? i do believe, that you and i are cut from that same sappy tree, amigo........but, i wear it like a badge of honor, and say to you, i am really glad we met you, HallieRyhmesWithSally, and of course, your wonder twin/son/beebaobuddy Jonah. im very happy that a chance class created a friendship here, and look forward to the years ahead, and comparing notes! happy bday, brother michael..........i hope you enjoyed it, and got a break from the dregs of teething for a bit! hope to see you soon........im gonna need gardening advice! miQ
The weather was beautiful this weekend and we were fortunate enough to have plans for the beach. We stayed at a beach house in Manzanita Oregon with grandpa and grandma Clark and Auntie Kealie and her boyfriend Chris. We came back from one of 3 trips to the beach today and stopped for some ice cream. Jonah pretty much stole my ice cream and had a wonderful time doing so. He is a happy kid. I love this little boy so much.
I have no plans to hold my baby up as the next savior, there already seems to be plenty of others out there right now saying so about themselves (type Bush and Messiah in google and be stunned) and I am pretty certain that Bhudda, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Mohammed, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos and many others I am neglecting would never have said so about themselves. Anyway, the title of this post is because of what little Jonah has brought to our world in less than a week of life outside the womb. For me, religion went hand in hand with giving thanks. I don't practice the religion of my youth but haven't forgot that "giving thanks" was a part of life either. However, seeing Jonah breath, flail, cry, poo, eat and generally struggle to understand this new world has made all of the things I am and have been thankful for over my life flood into my thoughts. So, in a way my little Jonah, and each life, new and old, has the ability to make someone t...
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is it me, or does every little occasion now, how trivial it used to be, feel so much more rich with your boy in your lives? i do believe, that you and i are cut from that same sappy tree, amigo........but, i wear it like a badge of honor, and say to you, i am really glad we met you, HallieRyhmesWithSally, and of course, your wonder twin/son/beebaobuddy Jonah.
im very happy that a chance class created a friendship here, and look forward to the years ahead, and comparing notes!
happy bday, brother michael..........i hope you enjoyed it, and got a break from the dregs of teething for a bit!
hope to see you soon........im gonna need gardening advice!
miQ