birthday

I'm looking for suggestions, for a birthday gift for my wife. The build up to Christmas is is pretty intense and now that Christmas is over, I need to find something for my wife's birthday which happens to be on January 1st. It never fails, when I shop for Christmas, I'm not thinking about her birthday.

I was going through the celebrity birthdays for today, I knew about Walt Disney but I also saw today is Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik's birthday.  Both were born in different years, but both celebrating today. Walt Disney would have been 114 years old today, and really may still be as he is frozen like Ted Williams of the Red Sox and Han Solo in 'Empire Strikes Back'...

Today, Friday, August 9th, is my birthday. In the birthday spirit of the giving of the gifts, it is my birthday wish that you do something nice for someone else. ‘Pay It Forward Friday’ good any day…but on Friday, August 9th, my birthday, I think it is even a better reason. Now, give me my gift...what did you do?? It does not have to be a grand gesture or cost you anything. It just requires you ta

Today, I visited my mom and wished her a happy birthday. I told her about Michelle’s graduation and that her little great grandson Evan is adorable and that he was getting bigger and talking more and more like a little Matthew. Then, I asked her to watch over me like she always did. Although she didn’t answer, I knew she was listening. I could feel it…

It was just after 8am on November 24th 1990.  My precious baby girl, Emily....no, wait....Michelle, was born.  We agreed on Michelle over Emily on our way to the hospital that morning.  Compared to Matt's birth, a tad more than three years before that (18 hours of labor), this one was quick!