65. You take us on boat rides;
64. You laugh so hard you pass out;
63. You are a loving Grandfather and Dad;
62. You taught us how to have a loving, meaningful marriage;
61. You love to shag dance;
60. You paint sand dollars with us;
59. You got us a John Deere Tractor;
58. You are honest;
57. You have a great Christmas at your house;
56. You made homemade Halloween Decorations for the yard and made the front porch a haunted house;
55. You helped Santa give us a playhouse on Christmas morning;
54. You let us go to your mother-in law's house every Sunday and understood why it was so important;
53. You help us collect shells at the beach;
52. You ride big waves with us when we are scared;
51. You take us on floats at the Purple Martin parade;
50. You are a great Clemson Tiger;
49. You are super fun at Clemson games and get us dip n' dots;
48. You are kind;
47. You are loving;
46. You care about your community deeply;
45. You have faith in God;
44. You survived complete and utter, devastating heartbreak and still opened your heart again;
43. You loved your momma;
42. You don't get mad when we make big mistakes;
41. You have become our friend;
40. You are still our Dad;
39. You give us big, tight hugs;
38. You have a truck and a field;
37. You know how to go crabbing;
36. You know how to make a sled out of a bucked and an old ski;
35. You read us books;
34. You had a rockin' 70's mustache in the 80's and 90's.....;
33. You are a great golfer (but you still owe me banana splits);
32. You love your porch swing;
31. You love your porch parties more;
30. You love St. Matthews and believe it can be everything it used to be;
29. You love the old trees on Dantzler Street;
28. You loved our friends like they were your own when we were growing up;
27. You took us to church every time the doors were open;
26. You taught us to love Edisto;
25. You taught us what it means to have life-long friends and why they are so important;
24. You stayed awake until we got home from every date and talked to your kids and their dates;
23. You let us be us;
22. You let the Easter Bunny hide stuffed animals and tights and slips from your trees;
21. You loved our momma with every ounce of your being;
20. You turned into your father;
19. You let us charge gas and bottled cokes at Mr. Richard's station until we were at least 25;
18. You took us (and let us go) around the world so we could see what else was out there;
17. Your smile takes up a room;
16. You have a crazy work ethic;
15. You married Mimi and gave us Cameron;
14. You are proud of us and we know it;
13.You are predictably always on Bubby-time;
12. You taught us responsibility through your "disappointment" (which was always 100% worse than any spanking could ever have been)
11. You love (and hate) your old house but would never leave it;
10. You believe in 16 foot tall, monster Christmas trees;
9. You let us call you "Bubbles";
8. You love your dogs like your children (even Fudge and Sadie - but especially sweet Maggie);
7. You love to have a bottle of wine with your adult kids and tell stories around the beach house table;
6. You let us paint your toenails;
5. You helped keep momma and her memories alive;
4. You let us all come home when we needed to;
3. You treasure each of your growing brood of grandchildren;
2. You love each of us unconditionally (even Lee);
1. You are always you.
We love you for all the reasons you are you!! You are the BEST Bubbles, and father we can ask for!! WE LOVE YOU AND ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Bubbles!!!
We Love you!!!
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