A very special Birthday for sure!

...especially if your nickname just happens to be "Picklehead", the original picklehead for that matter. Yet that wasn't the first and most important nickname. Yesterday we celebrated, the 25th birthday of "Happy Feet". Twenty five years ago at 8:32 PM, our first "baby that wasn't supposed to be possible" came into this world with her little legs moving a mile a minute whenever you held her up. So my good friend, Mike Brookbank, stood with me in the viewing window looking at this beautiful little baby girl and as her legs dangled and bounced, quickly said... wow look at "Happy Feet" isn't she a gorgeous baby! And it stuck. Then came the slippers, and the movie.... long after! Caroline Janette Ware (okay, okay, I'm getting used to it) now a full fledged adult, a wife, a teacher, a Christian woman, a mentor, a scholar, a deacon, a musician, a comic, a wizard, a singer, and a wonderful daughter. What a tremendous blessing to us! We enjoyed birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse, a sentimental favorite of Carrie and Bill's since when they met, he was one of the top R's in Roadhouse, showing most of these young kids how it was done. A good time was had by all. Then we came home for some crazy card game called Liverpool which I recommend even though I was the big loser. It was such a fun night for us as parents, even old parents. So remember my path, and my rainbow, and the pot of gold, and my gold coins? Carrie is certainly one of my shiniest and most sparkling gold coins. A true blessing.

A few gremlins did sneak in there the last couple of days but we are hoping it's just because Monday is approaching and my body needs some toxic juice. It is still winning the battle of ill effects and for that I still feel incredibly fortunate and blessed.

And I just realized there is another birthday that slipped by and that is of the world traveler who is now in Asia somewhere with her boyfriend, Simon. Hopefully they are safe and having a wonderful time and were able to celebrate her 21st Birthday in a grand way. Happy Birthday, our young, brave and spirited friend. You too are loved and admired and a blessing to us.