Happy Birthday, Dad!
Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad. -Proverbial
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Olympic programming to bring you this special message:
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Yes, that's right. My dad and St. Valentine share a day. I think I was about 16 before I realized that Valentine's Day was not a family holiday in every household. So here's to the man who taught me to ride a bike, taught me to drive ("That's my transmission!"), and once came all the way from Philly to Providence in the middle of winter just to help me do my taxes. Even more important than keeping me out of trouble with the DMV and the IRS, my dad (and my mom, too, but it's not her birthday yet) always told me I could do anything I wanted to. I believed him, so I made him a pair of socks.
From my hands to your feet: a lovely warm pair of "Gentleman's Fancy Socks." (Knitterly specs another day.) Unlike the first pair of socks I made my dad, these two are actually the same size.
My dad reads this blog- and its comments- so leave my dad some birthday wishes in the comments today. Because there are two options: Grow older or die young, and I'll celebrate that my dad is another year older.
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Olympic programming to bring you this special message:
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Yes, that's right. My dad and St. Valentine share a day. I think I was about 16 before I realized that Valentine's Day was not a family holiday in every household. So here's to the man who taught me to ride a bike, taught me to drive ("That's my transmission!"), and once came all the way from Philly to Providence in the middle of winter just to help me do my taxes. Even more important than keeping me out of trouble with the DMV and the IRS, my dad (and my mom, too, but it's not her birthday yet) always told me I could do anything I wanted to. I believed him, so I made him a pair of socks.
From my hands to your feet: a lovely warm pair of "Gentleman's Fancy Socks." (Knitterly specs another day.) Unlike the first pair of socks I made my dad, these two are actually the same size.
My dad reads this blog- and its comments- so leave my dad some birthday wishes in the comments today. Because there are two options: Grow older or die young, and I'll celebrate that my dad is another year older.
posted by Theresa at 5:01 AM/Permalink
21 Comments:
Happy happy birthday, Theresa's dad, as you grow older but LIVE young! Enjoy your socks!
Happy Birthday, Theresa's Dad!! Lovely socks you're getting - I hope they bring much happiness to your feet.
(Theresa - Hmm, maybe you should knit socks for my dad, whose feet are NOWHERE near the same size!)
Birthday greetings to Theresa's Dad. You must be very special to have such a great kid!
Happy ValenBirthday Theresa's Dad! Those are some lovely socks, and you certainly have a lovely daughter, we all appreciate her very much!
Happy Birthday "Dad"! Wow - what a great birthday present!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr. Ross!!!! I'll be thinking of you as I struggle to read x-rays in the pedi er ;) Enjoy the socks, I hope they keep your feet warm for many years to come.
Happy birthday Dr. Ross!
Happy birthday, Dr. Ross!! I can't believe I never knew today was your birthday...either you are very secretive or I am very unobservant.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Ross! Best wishes for a happy and healthy year!!
Happy Birthday, Bill. Not only do you get a great pair of socks (my birthday is in July--just to give you a heads-up, Terri) You get a great tribute from your talented daughter. You are a lucky man.
Love, Carol
Happy Birthday, Theresa's dad!
The socks are lovely!
Happy Birthday, Theresa's Dad! May you have many, many more. Enjoy your day and those gorgeous socks.
Happy Birthday, Theresa's dad, from Canada, where we have way less snow than your daughter does right now! ;o)
Enjoy those lovely socks.
Happy Birthday Theresa's dad - so lucky to have such beautiful, er... manly socks!
Happy Birthday, Theresa's Dad!
I never thought I would read or even respond to a blog...but Theresa's just made me curious and smile. Theresa's passion for knitting infected Katja and now - after many a year - I started knitting again, too. Socks, of course.
Enjoy your beautiful socks. I look forward to meeting your family at graduation.
OMG, my MOM posted!?!? this is - dare i say it - "snowballing" out of control...
happy birthday dr. ross and hi mrs ross. hannah, are you watching the westminster dog show? hope all is well for you guys down in PA.
(and i can't post without saying it: hi mom!)
Happy Birthday Bill, or should I say Stolat! May you continue to enjoy many more years of accordion playing !!!
Happy Birthday, Dr. Ross! Many happy returns of the day for a man who raised one of my best friends, opened his home to me when I was a lonely college student, and passed along a great recipe for corn chowder (which I'm actually making for dinner tomorrow).
Happy birthday Teresa's dad! Enjoy those lovely socks!
Happy b'day! - hopefully The Newly Engaged Flitgirl and I can come down and visit again this summer.
Thank-you for all of the beautiful birthday wishes and sentiments. I, as T. relates, read the comments daily, and feel that I know all of you better with each posting (except for theflitgirl), who I've known for at least a dozen years or so.
A special thanks to Antje, you have raised a wonderful beautiful young lady.
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