Happy Birthday LFG. It’s hard to believe that mommy and daddy bought you home from the hospital ten years ago today. The enormity of …who you’ve already become...of participating in your journey...of being your father is such that words fail me my love. So I’ve borrowed without permission but with great admiration, the words of poet David Whyte. He wrote this about his little girl—inspired by watching her sleep in his arms.
“Carrying this child…I carry a bundle of sleeping future appearances…
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while making invisible prayers to go on with her where I cannot go ….conversing with so many unknowns that must know her more intimately than I do…
and so to these unspoken shadows I make a quiet request—to the great parental darkness—to hold her when I cannot—to comfort her when I am gone…
to help her learn to love the unknown for itself—to take it gladly like a lantern for the way before her—to help her see where ordinary light will not help her…
and twin her passages of loneliness with friendship…may she find in all this day or night the beautiful centrality of pure opposites…
and a future—uncradled by me—but parented by all high call…”
I love you LFG...
Dad
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You're truly a class act, ADG. Many happy returns to your daughter.
I am turning to mush ... so beautiful !! You both are lucky to have eachother.
Happy Birthday little sweetie. 10 is the best
My.
I just had a long conversation with my 28 year old daughter tonight. About things....and such. I was remembering that year. The ten year old pod burst on the unsuspecting world. It takes your breath away and others' in close proximity.
Congrats Pod Daddy. You're doing a good job and better still...........loving it.
SF Bay Area FemPod Mother
Happy Happy Birthday LFG!
Double digits! Happy birthday to LFG.
Happy Birthday LFG!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LFG!!! Hope your Dad gets you lots of great things.... Enjoy the day.
Happy Birthday LFG!
HEY! Happiest of birthdays little one! What fine luck to have ADG as a Dad. You have so much to teach him that you'll never get bored.
Here's wishing you many, many more.
Happy Birthday LFG...10 is a great year so enjoy the wonder of it. ADG this is a touching post, and much appreciated. Imagine having two LFGs in your house. I do, and I can tell you I could spend every hour of every day in wonder at these creatures (13 and 10, both girls, both lovely, both growing older too fast for me).
Great pictures too.
RHW
Happy birthday to your dear sweet girl!
No fair making me weepy. Oh, well, I guess for LFG, OK. Happy birthday punkin. Have a wonderful day, lots of presents, and that feeling of yay! Birthday time!
Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG! Happy Birthday, LFG!
(That's ten birthday wishes from me.)
Wish the little tyke a Happy Birthday from me, also. She remains ever fantastic
And as always, thank you for stopping by
B
Happy Birthday wishes to the little golden-haired girl who grows lovelier every single day.
A very Happy Birthday to LFG. Buy her an extra present to be from your readers; like a Mini. Please send the bill to the wealthy Admiral Cod.
Thanks,
Hilton
Happiest of Birthdays! Ask for a puppy or a pony! Or both!
Beautifully spoken. Happy Birthday to LFG! And many, many more happy treasured days to come! She is a treasure, ADG- well done. Spoil her rotten today.
Happy Birthday LFG. I hope it is a good day for you both. Have some icecream and cake for me.
ADG, thank you for representing what it is to be a good father.
TWJ
Mine are 15 and 17 respectively...and it just gets better....cheers you two.
Happy Birthday to LFG! First it's pink and green birthday cake, next it's pink and green Pucci bikinis...XXOO
Thanks everyone. LFG has enjoyed now...birthday party number three. It's kind of a week long soirée.
Happiest Birthday Ever to LFG. And the poem - perfect. Oh I so agree. xoxo
Beautiful.
I hate "me, too" posts, but...
Happy Birthday Sweet LFG!
ADG, you mushy old guy, you! My daughter is half LFG's age, but, I imagine, every bit as sweet as your treasure. Daughters are great--enjoy yours before she becomes the dreaded Teenage Horror From HELL.
Now, if you could just stop infecting her with GTH...
Hmm. What's with all the TLAs at this here site here?
What a wonderful ode to LFG! Happy birthday to your sweet girl. Wow, double digits, big day! I'm sure my two kiddos will be there in a blink of an eye.
I have three daughters that I adore (and a son)....a good theme for you is Paul Simon's song Father and Daughter. Well Done.
Cheers!
A belated happy birthday wish to LFG, your lovely daughter!
The best gift you can (continue to) give is constant vigilance and attention as things can run off the rails rather suddenly, I can unfortunately tell you. Even if you are vigilant.
I am confident you know and will do that and may Maxminimus still be rolling along on the web so all your "unknown friends" can be part of graduations, small and large victories, a wedding, children and so much more.
And as Barney Fife says, at the first sign of... well, anything, "nip it in the bud."
'member all that stuff you (and me) used to do...? (should I shut up?)
Sincerely,
Tom
aka Lucky Dog
Happy belated birthday to your beautiful LFG. I remember so well thinking that I would NEVER be ten years old. Now soon to be 39 years later, I wish time would slow down a bit.
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