Dad
March 7, 2004
Dad and me, ca. 1979
When I was little, I used to sing a song to my dad. “Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool, Cool, Cool Daddy!” My mom would lead and I’d follow along. I thought it was something we wrote together, until this year, when I saw it on a Karaoke playlist.
Still, my dad really is one of the coolest guys I know. He can light up a room with his cheery disposition. He can make you laugh with his silly jokes. He can make you feel secure just by letting you put your head on his shoulder. I love him like crazy.
Today is his birthday, and I am celebrating the coolest dad in the world.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
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I run a darling, friendly, little graphic design studio.
I look on the bright side.
I take photos. Lots of photos.
I wish on stars and on websites.
I built my first web site 7 years ago and got 15 seconds of fame. (It changed my life.)
I launched, then relaunched, an online magazine.
I admitted to several embarrassing crushes.
I consumed more bacon than any human should and lived to tell the tales.
Happy Birthday, Mister Castro! I was so impressed when you took me aside last night and told me to take it easy on Missus Castro and Christine when we played Taboo. You knew we could wallop them without even trying but you were determined to spare their feelings. I found it hard to keep our score so low but everyone sure was happy in the end. What a cool daddy!
that paragraph was a work of fiction. BUT mister castro is cool and f.y.i., even without tampering, the Taboo teams were evenly tied!
I don’t know what to say as that is one funny picture!
Oh, yeah, happy birfday to your dad! That is what I should say. I shouldn’t mention the funny I see in the picture.
Happy Birthday to your daddy! What a great photo! You look so precious and tiny.
My daddy’s bday is today!:) He’s cool, just like yours!
happy birthday to your wonderful daddy :) i love your parent posts – they remind me to remember my parents fondly and make me want to call them more.