Tomorrow is my daughter Emily's birthday. (Happy Birthday, Emily. You are gorgeous, talented, gifted, determined, motivated, industrious, a great mother and inspiring teacher. We are immensely proud of you.)
Yesterday was son in law Kyle's birthday, a wonderful man who loves God, loves our daughter Katy, is a servant, is funny, creative, a great friend, fisherman, a true blessing to the family.
Last week was son in law Mike's birthday, a godly man who is a wonderful husband and father, a leader in God's kingdom, who, as the first son in the family, set a high standard.
With 4 daughters, 4 sons-in-law, 8 grandchildren, we have a lot of birthdays in the immediate family, and we don't do much for them. They just sneak up on us, and then they are over.
A few years ago, we quit celebrating the adult birthdays in the family. We rent a lake house every year. Les and I put what we would spend on the 8 adult birthdays toward the bulk of the lake house expense. The truth is, no one needs anything as for as a birthday gift, the lake house vacation is a great time for the whole family, so it is good use of the money. It really is a good arrangement.
The bad thing is, we forget about the birthdays. We don't have time to have big birthday gatherings for everyone, so celebrating the days is pretty hit and miss. Since we don't buy gifts, we forget to get cards in time to get them in the mail. So, it is a little sad. We have wonderful people in the family who SHOULD be celebrated, but end up only celebrating a few each year.
So, today, I am saying Happy Birthday to my wonderful daughter's and their terrific husbands.
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