From Dad:

Favorite Memories of Aaron

1) His Conception.

Sally was drunker than hell on beer ( She hadn’t discovered her fondness for wine yet)after one of our Wednesday softball beer busts. She was quite frisky and forced me to do it. We won the game, I get drunk and had sex. The trifecta.

2) Aaron’s Birth

He was the first Grandchild in My and Sally’s family so imagine the attention this got. We had to buy all kinds of kid crap that we hadn’t ever envisioned needing. It cost us a fortune. If I could have invested that money in CD’s we be living in Monte Carlo today.

3) An early Christmas

It must have been around when Aaron was 3 or 4 and he spent a lot of time on Christmas eve popping up and down playing hide and seek out of a giant football toy box. We had a lot of fun with that. I’m sure it instilled Aaron’s love for Football, which continues to this day.

4) 14 years of Hockey practices and Games

We spent a lot of time together at hockey practices and game between Mites and Midgets. His size and skills improved over the years. Who says Hockey is not a lifetime sport? Sally hates the sport, Aaron could careless, but my daughter and son in law from Blimy old England both love the game. Figure that.

Advice for Turning 30

Have Fun.

Find something you are good at and make a living doing it.

Find someone who loves you, likes what you like, and make a life together (it looks like you have a real good start here).

Make sure that you can care for yourself till you are old like me and Sally, because the government isn’t going to do it for you. (especially our Future Governments)

Reaching 30 is nothing. Wait till you are looking ahead to age 70.

Happy Birthday and Good Luck

Dad