Stay Strong: Happy Birthday Dad!!!! Edward J. Flaherty

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Happy Birthday Dad!!!! Edward J. Flaherty - 1923 -1998

Today marks my Dad's 90th Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Even though he has been gone from this earth for 15 years, not a day passes when I do not think of him or miss him.

As I grow older and raise my own family, it is amazing how brilliant and on point he was about so much in life!

Thank you for all the lessons, Dad!

I hope you are enjoying your day with your mom and dad up there and enjoying a nice gigantic cake! :)

Love you!!

Thanks for being the Best and a Great man!

Stay Strong! !!

1 comment:

Cheryl said...: What a beautiful and loving tribute to your dad... and an uplifting blog too! Keep shinin':); May 27, 2013 at 12:56 PM

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This above all, to thine own self be true.- William Shakespeare

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.- Confucius

Happiness depends upon ourselves.- Aristotle

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.- Lao Tsu

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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There are no facts, only interpretations.- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Happy Birthday Dad!!!! Edward J. Flaherty - 1923 -1998

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