Written by Sam on Father’s Day 2013 Just like that, busy with work and away from the TV and radio ads, it crept up on me this year. But, as the weekend began, so did the flood of Father’s Day Facebook statuses and Tweets. Oh, right… Yesterday, I found myself chatting with Julie while standing […]
When I was eight years old – when we were in the midst of discussing your name – it suddenly hit me that I didn’t know Daddy’s middle name. While I thought “what is your middle name?” was a simple question, Daddy turned it into a game…a game that somehow lasted for a full week’s worth of […]
Daddy was far from stingy when it came to shelling out the $5 or $10 for a heat sheet, and boy was he possessive of this piece of swim meet gold. Immediately, he’d mark up the heat sheet – highlighting my events, Joelle’s events and all of our friends’ events, regardless of whether or not they […]
One of daddy’s favorite colors was purple. As a kid, I remember thinking that this was both silly and cool. Silly, because the world told me that purple was a “girl color,” yet cool, because purple was my favorite color!
Back in the day, when Costco was known as “Price Club,” Daddy created his go-to “Price Club drink.” Once a month or so, I’d tag along on one of his routine stock-up trips. As soon as he flashed his Costco Card badge, he’d make a pit stop at the food court where he’d get a drink […]
THE BUILDUP Happy 15th, Dane. Keeping this project a secret for the past three months has been tough… Thankfully, I got to practice my lips-are-sealed skills as an eight year old. First, I was sworn to secrecy that mom was expecting, and then, I had to keep your name under lock and key until the […]
Dear Dane, Balloons have come to be synonymous with celebration. The celebration of birthdays. Of milestones. Of happiness. At Comfort Zone, the balloon release is a celebration of a life that was and the love that still is. These balloons symbolize all of the above. Flashback to December. In the find-the-perfect gift chaos of the […]
Celebrating Jon 