Ode to Dad
So, I just remembered that it is my Dad's birthday. So, in honor of my favorite Dad, I am dedicating my blog today to him. So Tom Marshall, this is your life!
On July 28, 19xx (numbers removed on account of it would make Dad look very old and I would have to do math), Thomas Joseph Marshall was the first child to be born to Mary and Robert Marshall. He would spend the majority of his youth on a farm in Ann Arbor, MI, where he would participate in fun-filled activities, such as lighting bags of gasoline on fire and throwing them at things, lighting the barn on fire, and shooting arrows up in the air and hoping that they wouldn't skewer him, his parents, or his siblings (okay, perhaps there was a little hope he would skewer a sib or two).
As the oldest of 7, he was the only O'Connor/Marshall to ever be an only child. But, it was short-lived as the siblings kept on coming, and before long he was sharing one bathroom and one towel with a family of nine.
When he had come of age, Tom ventured off to the great white north and Michigan Tech to become... an engineer. Although, he felt right at home in the freezing and beer-guzzling culture of Tech, he realized that engineering would not fulfill his career dreams and veered toward medicine. But, before doing that, he was able to defeat great odds (11-1) and find the woman of his dreams at Tech. Many men before him and after him said it couldn't be done, but he did it. Not only did he find his gal, but he found one who would buy her own engagement ring and propose to him - amazing!
So, with Lois, Tom went to medical school, and as he was in residency, the greatest event of his life happened. HI daughter - Naomi, the pride and joy of his life - was born. He knew that she would be brilliant and wonderful and he was right!
Eventually, Tom and Lois had two other kids, but I won't bore you with the details, and the family settled in Hubbard Lake, MI. Tom is a Doctor and the Medical Director there and everyone loves him, although not as much as he loves his daughter, Naomi.
The End. Happy Birthday Dad!
posted by Naomi @ 9:24 AM
3 Comments:
awwww (dabbing eyes). Especially touching about the arrows (whew). Happy Birthday naomi's dad/my brother!!
Ann
Didn't realize my life could be trivialized to just afew short lines. Please note I never hit Denis with the arrows..ever wonder why he always is worried about his hair thinning??? Thanks for the ODE and for the birthday wishes. Ann you're getting soft!
Well Naomi, you got most of your facts straight. Yes I did pay for my star sapphire engagement ring, the huge sum of $65. Actually the more costly endeavor was buying your dad groceries to keep him alive long enough to marry him. However, he did keep my bicycle in excellent working order. He also had a good tent and 1/2 ownership of a canoe (the other half belonged to his canoe racing partner, Dan Hardie) with which we spent many hours camping and canoeing in the Keewenaw. The other corrections to your ode is that the gasoline was in balloons and used as the payload in his model rockets. Also you were born at the beginning of his second year in med school, Christine at the end of his third year and Jonathan at the end of his 2nd year of residency,hence you and Chirsitne are Yoopers and Jonathan a native of PA. I expect an ode for my next birthday.
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