He was born on this day 28 years ago.
He decided he was sick of crawling when he was 9 months old. So he got up and started running. He hasn't stopped since.
His first word was "no."
His first sentence was "No, don't want to!"
When he was a toddler, he loved to gesture grandly and announce, "I'll have my men take care of it."
When he was six years old, his Christmas request was," a big book full of facts." He got a huge, detailed, encyclopedic book entitled "The Fishes of New York State." Then he memorized it.
He raised pigeons as a boy.
He graduated from high school and left home for college when he was 17 years old.
He worked on a hot air balloon crew in college, getting up at 3:30 a.m. to chase the balloons through the desert.
He worked as a ditch digger in Phoenix, Arizona, in 120 degree heat.
Then he decided law school didn't sound so bad.
He got married when he was 22 years old. To me.
Happy birthday to you, A. And many more.
13 comments:
Happy Birthday!
What a fascinating man! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday...sounds like an interesting guy to hang out with!
Awww - Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, A! What are the big birthday plans?
Oh please please please tell the story behind "I'll have my men take care of it". That made me laugh soooo hard. And Happy Birthday A.
Aww...Happy Birthday, A! The fact that he raised pigeons makes him dear to my heart. I love those damn birds.
A., you should get some more sheep for your birthday or maybe reacquire some of the ancestral estate for additional pasture.
Happy Birthday Adam! Lance, Annetta and Ashlee...
happy birthday!
oh kristin this makes me so happy for you both! and makes me feel kinda old or at least ten years older.
happy birthday to A!
Meadowlark: I don't think there's really a story. No one's sure how he came up with that one. Maybe he heard someone else say it? He was a very precocious child.
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