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- patrickobrien0
a warm thank you from the 3 of us for your Father's day notes.
your kindness does the body good. Thank you.
- tomkat0
got the DVD today.. jipi..!
- canuck0
Cheers to you.
- jaylarson0
thank you for making my day. happy f-day indeed.
- patrickobrien0
What it means to be a father. With the approach of Father’s Day, a warm feeling comes over me. I wonder, “Will anyone get me a Father’s Day card? Or maybe golf balls or some technicolor tie?” How totally bizarre. My life keeps getting stranger and stranger. By stranger I mean, more surprisingly wonderful. It’s kind of cool suddenly having a new holiday to celebrate. It’s like a birthday, St. Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Eve all in one!
I can recall always wanting to have a son. I always imagined what we would do together. The things I would teach him and the tree houses we would build together. If it’s a boy Laura thought of the name Sean Patrick. I always thought I would name my children really eclectic names like Frank Zappa did: Moon Unit Zappa or Dweezle Zappa. Thank G-d for Laura, right? I guess a kid with the name: Moon Unit O’Brien might spend a lot of time in the principal’s office, then therapy and eventually a lot of Star Trek conventions.
Trekkie, hippy, statesman, architect, inventor, teacher, DJ, astronaut, astronaut DJ, hippy statesman, I have high hopes for this kid. When I get my robotic arms I will hug him and wipe the tears from his chubby cheeks. Until then, though, I will be a warm cradle for him or her, the perfect solution for a sleepy child.
So, that is my soliloquy on being a father. I really want to be alive as long as possible for this baby. I look at my nephews and nieces and gauge whether I will be around by the time my child is their age. I don’t know anything for certain. Maybe we can cryogenically freeze my brain? Maybe there will be a cure? All these questions can, if you let them, drive you batty. So, I live for today. That’s all any of us can hope to do. That’s all we really have anyway. The now. And the now is wonderful, full of ultrasounds, technicolor ties and imagination.
Happy Father’s Day to fathers, fathers-to-be, and all single mothers doing both jobs. :)
Warmly,
Patrick
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- pascii0
dad : ) best luck - heartwarming film.
- Tara0
love always
- 2wo0
I'd suggest medical marijuana. Mary Jane works miracles.
- version30
i dated a girl named kelly patrick, i always thought that to be pretty irish. but she did not have the dezine skillz of mr. fatty ;)
wishing you the best patrick
- M0NEYCIDE0
pat obrian is the most irish name you can muster
- k0na_an0k0
patrick has done more hurt than most people will ever do healthy. he is truly an inspiration.
- Mal0
........and i think to myself what a wonderful world.
love you long time big man.
- taragee0
transpapi!
- spent20000
Big Poppa. I love you
- designerror0
Rebel without a stemcell
Classic! Love it!
- robotron3k0
congrats Dad! love the newest film!!!! makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside... tkx.
- scoops0
Congratulations Patrick!
- flavorful0
Moon Unit O’Brien sounds pretty kick ass though!
Have a great weekend Patrick!
- grunttt0
wow daddy patrick. that's wonderful news!
i'm glad to see the foundation has exceeded beyond it's expectations. i can't say that you've exceeded my expectations, though. and by that i mean nothing you can do will surprise me. you're doing an amazing job. you're probably tired of hearing that you're such an "inspiration" so I've looked up that word in the thesaurus. you're an afflatus, animus, approach,,awakening, bell-ringer, big idea, brainstorm, brainwave, creativity, deep think, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, flash, genius, hunch, illumination, impulse, incentive, inflatus, influence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, rah rah, revelation, rumble, spark, spark plug, spur, stimulation, stimulus, thought, vision.
continued success to you and those around you.
- liquid0
the waterworks have been turned on...
congrats on being a dad...