Who's Brown & Loved & Tres Quarters of a Century Old?

If you said my dad, you are correct!  Today is his 75th Birthday!!!

Why "brown"?   - the kids sometimes call him their "brown pap-pa" (yes, I should probably work on their political correctness...) 

What can happen in 75 years????

 Lots.

You can grow up with good friends...

You can find the love that you will spend your life with...

You can start having some babies...

which turn into some beautiful girls...

(said girls go through some somewhat awkward stages along the way...)

 

 You'll have some grandkids.

And more grandkids and great grandkids

 

 

Until you have so many that you can barely keep count!

 

Along the way in that 75 years you'll grow and nurture 

your family; and our families.

You'll find God.

You'll pray for our bumps and bruises, for our souls,

for our broken hearts and sometimes broken bodies. 

You'll love our spouses almost as much as you love us 

- and our kids even more so.

You'll show what all can be done in a life when you've 

been blessed with 75 years.

Happy Birthday Dad* - and Thank You!

We love you!

(* much of this also applies to Mom - even though she's not 75 yet :-)