And on a Happier Note
Posted By Kathleen David on April 18, 2007
A Very Happy Birthday to my eldest stepdaughter Shana!
Hope the Day just Rocks for you my dear.
I first met Shana when I first met Peter. She was at the Fantasy Fair where Peter bought Ralph the Klingon. I taught both of them how to operate a hand and rod puppet and Shana picked it up really quick.
Shana is a brilliant musician and songwriter. I love the quirky lyrics that she comes up with. You think the song is going one way and she turns it on its ear and takes you in a totally different direction. I think her song about Peanut Butter and Jelly and relationships is one of my favorites.
Her fashion sense is cutting edge. Both she and Gwen! tend to pick clothing before it makes a comeback and then move onto the next thing once what they are wearing becomes trendy again. Her interior design sense is great too. I have always loved her pirate themed bathroon.
She is the one who came up with Caroline’s name. We were trying to figure out how to name Caroline after Carol without just calling her Carol (which is apparently bad luck according to Peter) and Shana suggested Caroline, which is the name we went with.
Interestingly enough today is also Keith R. A. DeCandido birthday too so Happy Birthday to Keith
I am grateful to have Shana in my life.
Happy Happy to Shana!
This weekend is step-daughter Helen’s birthday – number 23, i think.
It’s been fun watching her grow up from a perky, smart-mouthed 14-year-old to a mature, smart-mouthed young lady.
Unfortunately, with our busted van and her living in Byron these days, and having just been up to Gainesville to visit us last weekend, i doubt we’ll see her again for her birthday.
Happy Birthday to Shana, many, many happy returns of the day! :-).
Last Thursday was my husband’s birthday. It was a milestone one. I’m not going to say what number, but our 21 (almost 22 year old) son gave a very funny, off-the-cuff speech and toast to his dad at the party on Saturday night.