Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Dad! Thank you for all of the fun outtings to football and baseball games, for not getting mad any of the times I spilled my icecream sundae all over me and you at the games, for going on all the rides with us at Disneyland, for our daddy-daughter dates at Ruby's to get chocolate malts (even 2 days before I got married and people gave us awkward looks), for fishing trips at Provo River, for not letting me be "sissy" on those fishing trips, for Saturday trips to the donut store and always letting me get a big chocolate milk, for passing on your chocolate obsession gene, for coming to all of the dance recitals and capturing every moment, for video taping all of our family vacations- including meals (just incase we want to remember what we ate), and mostly....for being an AWESOME Dad! Love you!

Note: I am the worst birthday rememberer. In fact, I think other than Josh's (a week late) this is the first "birthday" post I've done. every year I make a New Year's Resolution to remember people's birthday's but then I forget about the resolution. I write the birthdays on my calendar, but then forget to look at my calendar. (Noticing a pattern here?!) Basically I'm just forgetful, so I apologize if my forgetting has ever offended anyone.

Fair or Equal

Lately I feel like I keep hearing from all areas of life the phrase, "That's not fair!" and I hate (as I'm sure everyone else does) the counter-response, "We'll life's not fair!" I think people have a misconception that "fair" is a synonym for "equal." Life is not equal, and I don't want it to be. I don't want someone else's life. Sure it would be nice the have certain aspects of other people's lives, but I want my own unique experiences. I want to still be me. And just for the sake of argument, I still belive, that even if we had all the same material things and opportunities, life still wouldn't be "fair," because we would view, value, and maintain those objects differently. I guess my "ah ha" moment of the day is that I think in a way life is fair. It's not equal, but I think it is fair because we all get learning experiences and opportunities for growth that are tailored (by our Heavenly Father who knows and loves us) for us. You may disagree, and thats okay, I just felt a little more at peace and optimistic about my own personal "trials" and thought I'd share.

Disclaimer: There are truly tragic circumstances in which life absolutely is NOT fair, but in general when the phrase "That's not fair!" is used, I think people really mean "That's not equal!"