53. He’s really cute. Obviously. 52. He brushes his teeth…ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch ch!
51. He lets me call him Frank.
50. He forgets why I call him Frank.
49. He took me to see his favorite band...twelve times.
48. He convinced me to go to Hendrix College.
47. He married my mommy.
46. He knows pride will bring you down. : )
45. He secretly owns a collection of bumper stickers that would surely get him kicked out of Kingwood if ever posted.
44. He rocks the khakis, polo, and Sperry's look better than anyone I know...and he's been doing it for about thirty years.
43. He lets me steal all his subversive literature to hand out to my friends.
42. He took me on a road trip across America one time.
41. He taught me to drive…and we both survived!
40. He’s cool, but not as cool as he thinks : )
39. He once trained a dog to answer to “pig”….
38. He cried when I told him I wanted to be a Christian.
37. He is constantly on a search for bigger iced tea glasses, and frequently suggests purchasing vases to drink from (?).
36. His preferred form of “dancing” involves tapping the car breaks at red lights.
35. He always taught me to keep my commitments.
34. Rumor has it he wore plaid pants in the 70's.
33. He let me put a Barney sticker on his racecar when I was four.
32. He lets me make fun of him.
31. And he throws it right back.
30. He's a really good sport every time he loses to me in our pizza-baking contests : )
29. He has one pair of pajamas. That he wears once a year. On Christmas morning.
28. He keeps my adolescent psychotic behavior on the down-low...most of the time.
27. He convinced me that getting a job at Starbucks was a really good idea, and it was!
26. Last year, he decided he wanted to live in a "hood" and literally took me "hood-hunting" across Nashville with him.
25. When I was five or so, he gave me roller-blades for Valentine's Day and let me skate around the Woodland Hills golf pro shop after hours.
24. He doesn't care what people think about him.
23. He stands up for justice.
22. He taught me to ride a bike on Nelson Street.
21. He introduced me to my all-time favorite non-Mexican restaurant, TOPS BBQ.
20 He enjoys telling "back in the day" stories--about walking five miles through snow uphill both ways and stuff--that are highly entertaining.
19. He makes up really cool songs... : )
18. He let me sit on the front row of every show at Disney World when I was seven.
17. He watches Caddy Shack about once a week and loves it every time.
16. He refuses to list the movie under his (very seriously taken) Facebook favorites list because he is so misunderstood.
15. He loves orphans.
14. He's been trying to grow a garden in the suburbs as of late.
13. He eats all the cookies I burn so I can eat the yummy ones.
12. He's WAY older than me and can bike WAY harder than me!!
11. He always took me to the G.A. father-daughter banquets at church.
10. He's one of the smartest people I know.
9. He signed some autographs one time. I laughed really hard.
8. He's been offering to get me a tattoo at the little, hot pink tattoo parlor on Highway 59 since I was, oh, four or five.
7. He keeps me honest.
6. He let me go to Moldova.
5. He takes me to see my grandparents.
4. He showed me how to want to change the world.
3. He gave me roots.
2. He gave me wings.
1. He loved me first.
Happy Birthday, Daddy!
ps- About this card that I got you... I forgot to try and mail it 'til Friday. The Hendrix post office wouldn't overnight it for me, so I walked into town to the Conway post where I was kindly informed that they would be happy to overnight it for $17.95. (The postmen laughed at me when I said it was for my dad and he would understand my decision to opt for the 44 cent stamp....) So, needless to say, expect mail MONDAY ♥
