by Pa Rock
Proud Father
Today is September 23rd, the first day of fall - and it is also the fortieth birthday of my youngest child, Tim.
(And rocker Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA seventy years ago today!)
Forty years ago today was a Sunday - and it was also the first day of fall. Our family was living in Mountain View, Missouri (at the northern end of Howl County), and preparing for church when it became evident that Tim was ready to make his debut. My wife and I left the older two kids, Nick and Molly, with friends at church and proceeded over to our local hospital where our physician, Dr. Jon Roberts, a young family practice doctor, was already on duty preparing to deliver a baby for another family.
We had been patients of Dr. Roberts almost since the day he opened his practice, and he felt comfortable in asking if some EMT people could be in the room and watch the delivery - as a part of their certification process. So when Tim arrived shortly thereafter, there were several people in the delivery room watching his birth. Tim was in such a hurry that the other couple who were at the hospital ahead of us were shuffled aside to wait. Their daughter, a little girl named Candy Brown, followed soon after.
(Today Dr. Roberts is still in the Mountain View area - but he has retired, kinda, sorta. He has founded a free clinic which serves many of the area's less fortunate individuals, and he also directs a medical aid mission to Haiti every year or so. Dr. Jon Roberts is a textbook example of a caring physician and a good person.)
Tim went on to personal success with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Kansas. While he was attending KU at Lawrence he wrote several plays which were produced at the university, and he also wrote a short play which reached the national level of a play-writing competition and was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Tim has written two film scripts which have been made into full-length feature films - The Brass Teapot and Lost Child - both of which are available at Amazon. He has also written two short stories which were made into short films.
Tim's greatest achievement, however, is his very special family. Tim married a wonderful woman named Erin, and together they have two beautiful children, Olive and Sullivan.
And Tim's Dad could not be happier - or prouder!
Happy birthday to a great son!
Proud Father
Today is September 23rd, the first day of fall - and it is also the fortieth birthday of my youngest child, Tim.
(And rocker Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA seventy years ago today!)
Forty years ago today was a Sunday - and it was also the first day of fall. Our family was living in Mountain View, Missouri (at the northern end of Howl County), and preparing for church when it became evident that Tim was ready to make his debut. My wife and I left the older two kids, Nick and Molly, with friends at church and proceeded over to our local hospital where our physician, Dr. Jon Roberts, a young family practice doctor, was already on duty preparing to deliver a baby for another family.
We had been patients of Dr. Roberts almost since the day he opened his practice, and he felt comfortable in asking if some EMT people could be in the room and watch the delivery - as a part of their certification process. So when Tim arrived shortly thereafter, there were several people in the delivery room watching his birth. Tim was in such a hurry that the other couple who were at the hospital ahead of us were shuffled aside to wait. Their daughter, a little girl named Candy Brown, followed soon after.
(Today Dr. Roberts is still in the Mountain View area - but he has retired, kinda, sorta. He has founded a free clinic which serves many of the area's less fortunate individuals, and he also directs a medical aid mission to Haiti every year or so. Dr. Jon Roberts is a textbook example of a caring physician and a good person.)
Tim went on to personal success with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Kansas. While he was attending KU at Lawrence he wrote several plays which were produced at the university, and he also wrote a short play which reached the national level of a play-writing competition and was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Tim has written two film scripts which have been made into full-length feature films - The Brass Teapot and Lost Child - both of which are available at Amazon. He has also written two short stories which were made into short films.
Tim's greatest achievement, however, is his very special family. Tim married a wonderful woman named Erin, and together they have two beautiful children, Olive and Sullivan.
And Tim's Dad could not be happier - or prouder!
Happy birthday to a great son!
1 comment:
Happy birthday T-bone. Don't worry, we'll celebrate with a ride in the wagon machine when we see you back here!
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