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Posted On: June 1st 2023, 12:34 am
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It’s already June 1st here so wishing my old man Jerry Bob a very happy 85th bday now. ❤️❤️❤️ I did my best to dig to find cute nostalgic photos of him/us, but alas it is what it is as I don’t have all the old stacks of photo albums.
I’m privileged not only to have him as a father but to STILL have him around in my life at this age. I’ve ‘finally’ matured enough (and in fairness, so has he) for us to have the kind of meaningful adult father/son relationship we have now - it’s something I cherish dearly.
For an alte kaker, he’s still in great health, his mind is there, and he has had had to slow down physically (which ain’t been an easy pill for him to swallow since sports have always been so big for him), he’s opened up his heart/wisdom to us even more in recent years
I feel a great deal of luck & gratitude that I got dealt the hand I did with him as my father (hasn’t always felt that way for me, and I wasn’t an easy kid to deal with), but he’s always been there for me, has come around to accepting me for me with a lifestyle that was unexpected / foreign / difficult to him, especially with a generational gap between us (he was in his late 40s already when I was born).
We spent so much time together in my childhood, lots of fond tender memories (I was and still am his favorite son after all, there’s no debate about this!) - he took me to so many basketball gyms and drove me all over town, coached little league, we took trips together just the two of us, he did all those things you’d hope for in a great father as a kid, then he put up with my difficult teenage / early 20s mashugana and has now come to truly accept me for who I am and embrace my husband and our extended Belgian family via Pieter. I am a lucky son and I am so grateful he was born and gave me the life I have.
So yeah, on this day in 1938, he came into this world, he made his way from very little thru a lot of hard work & sacrifice to build a plentiful life for a big family. I never went without. Although we’ve certainly had our ups and downs, his love has always been unconditional love, and we have a relationship today I hold so very dearly.
Happy birthday, you old fart — Iove you! xoxo
I’m privileged not only to have him as a father but to STILL have him around in my life at this age. I’ve ‘finally’ matured enough (and in fairness, so has he) for us to have the kind of meaningful adult father/son relationship we have now - it’s something I cherish dearly.
For an alte kaker, he’s still in great health, his mind is there, and he has had had to slow down physically (which ain’t been an easy pill for him to swallow since sports have always been so big for him), he’s opened up his heart/wisdom to us even more in recent years
I feel a great deal of luck & gratitude that I got dealt the hand I did with him as my father (hasn’t always felt that way for me, and I wasn’t an easy kid to deal with), but he’s always been there for me, has come around to accepting me for me with a lifestyle that was unexpected / foreign / difficult to him, especially with a generational gap between us (he was in his late 40s already when I was born).
We spent so much time together in my childhood, lots of fond tender memories (I was and still am his favorite son after all, there’s no debate about this!) - he took me to so many basketball gyms and drove me all over town, coached little league, we took trips together just the two of us, he did all those things you’d hope for in a great father as a kid, then he put up with my difficult teenage / early 20s mashugana and has now come to truly accept me for who I am and embrace my husband and our extended Belgian family via Pieter. I am a lucky son and I am so grateful he was born and gave me the life I have.
So yeah, on this day in 1938, he came into this world, he made his way from very little thru a lot of hard work & sacrifice to build a plentiful life for a big family. I never went without. Although we’ve certainly had our ups and downs, his love has always been unconditional love, and we have a relationship today I hold so very dearly.
Happy birthday, you old fart — Iove you! xoxo
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3 years agoeric_d_clark
Thank You Mr. Swarz! David's a great kid! Happy Birzday to Y0U! I grew up knowing who you are by the by... when David told me Y0U were his Father? my jaw dropped! l0l Good On Ya'!
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