15. Happy Birthday Daddy cake to color Dads are superheroes without capes! They are always there to help and protect their little ones. So, they deserve at least a lovely birthday card colored by their kids. This Happy Birthday Daddy coloring sheet is perfect for your kid to color in and...
Maybe Grandma could have brought these out of the closet when we visited, but I like to imagine that all the knick-knacks we showered her with over the years for birthdays and Christmases (seriously, why didn't Grandparents' Day catch on?) were her cherished treasures. She proudly displayed...
It is more that before kids I just didn’t pay much attention to birthdays. Now I can’t avoid them. At any moment in time the kids can spout off the next three birthdays in our extended family, and the number of sleeps to the next one. Theylovebirthdays and a celebration isrequired...
If you would’ve told me then, while I was wishing for her to get a little older, while I was begging the universe for sleep and not knowing how I would get through the first 6 weeks… if you would’ve told me then that one year would fly by, I would’ve said you were insane...
And yet, over 18 months post-separation, L suddenly grew tearful one day and asked why all the other dads are nicer than hers. The following month J asked apropos of nothing why Daddy used to shout at Mummy. The pain of what he did to our family remains with them and probably always...
There are a great many tributes to fathers this Father’s Day. Some to current dads young and old. Some to step-dads who’ve taken big roles in their “bonus kids’” lives. Some to moms, rightfully so, for pulling double-duty whether it’s due to them being single moms or married...
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Knowing that she must get help, she went to her family doctor, Graham Osborne. Dr. Osborne examined Bedell and said, “there was little hope unless proper medicines could be found.” “I’ll get them from the Yankees at Harpers Ferry.” Bettie said. The doctor told her that Harpers Ferr...
I’ve also added one featuring a fathers love. You know, those sweet dads holding their babies hands. Taking them fishing. Those are memories and sites that live in us long after the event has happened. This tribute to a dads love can be seen soon on my Etsy site, but here’s a sn...
Finding out someone shares a birthday with you feels like stars aligning,hearts criss-crossing, and lives twisting and tangling together. If they share your actual year it’s even more special because you grew up sharing moments and memories andhistories and horoscopes, too. Libra to Libra, Pis...