Sweet Jane 61 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 My family is everything to me and my parents are the best. I lost my Dad in 2003 and it was devastating. We shared a birthday, which was so cool. I wrote this to him, I wanted it to be a poem, but I had so much to say. I am sharing it with all of you so that you will take the time to appreciate the ones you love. Time flies by, and you never know when someone will not be with you anymore. A Birthday Wish Daddy, I can't believe another year has passed. My fourth year without you to celebrate our special day. Sharing a birthday with you Daddy, was the best gift every year. From the time I can remeber, it was a day that I looked forward to just as much as Christmas. When I was little it was dinner at our favorite Chinesse restaurant and then to the department store so I could pick out a toy. The same year after year until I was 12 and our summers were spent in Florida. Those birthdays stand out more in my memories. A few were spent out on the boat and nothing could top those, the ocean and the night sky filled with stars as we remembered birthdays past. Me wanting to grow up and you wanting to be younger. My 18th birthday was a big one, and we had a huge party with the whole neighborhood invited as we partied by the ocean. And we both drank too much that night, how funny was that! Even after I married and moved away, we still celebrated together, talking about our lives and wondering what the year would hold for us. Being your daughter was the most wonderful thing in the world to me, and sharing a birthday made me feel even more special. In the 41 years that we had birthdays to share, we only missed out on two, not bad. An now on our birthday it is hard for me to celebrate at all. The memories of birthdays past seem stronger than ever and you aren't here to share the memories. I wish you Happy Birthday Daddy as I do every year. Funny thing, I am now the one not wanting to get older. I love you and have a great birthday. Your daughter always....April Our birthday is the 26th and it will be tough again this year for me, I plan on sharing stories with my little girl on how we celebrated our birthdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Jane, you are still celebrating and you must keep on celebrating both birthdays. The day, the spirit,and the meaning of the day never dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 That was beautiful, Jane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 You are special, Jane ... just extremely special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Jane that was lovely. Ron is right, actually both Rons. Always celebrate the day and your memories. They will never leave you. As for you, you prove more and more each day just how special you are! we love you for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 April....this is the second time you've made my eyes tear up in the past two weeks. You have a way of writing that just shoots straight into the heart. My father is alive and well, thank God, but I could still feel what you are writing about.... Please don't be sad today, just remember the good times you had together and know that as long as you remember him, he will live on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Thank you for all the wonderful comments. I am such an emotional chic and it is nice to have people get that part of me. And all of you are special, great group of people. Love you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Very nice, Jane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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