Not for me, those days are so far behind as to question reality. No; today is the birthday of the Absolute Best Family Athlete, the incomparable ABFA. We had the opportunity to celebrate with her last weekend but her actual day of birth is today and it’s also the First Friday of the Week, so a big win win. She’s called the ABFA (not only) because to poke fun at my Favorite Son but because she is a great athlete in her own right. She still plays on a soccer team and in her miniscule free time, coaches youth soccer (4-year-olds - YIKES!)
She
is one of the most genuinely nice people I’ve ever met. She possesses that rare
quality to connect with anyone she meets. She is a fabulous mom with two very challenging
and completely lovable daughters. She’s also the perfect foil to my sometimes overly
serious son. They make a great pair and have created a truly loving family that
I’m so happy my two youngest granddaughters get to grow up in. The ABFA is also
a dedicated lover of the canine species which will always go in along way in my
book. 
The Birthday Girl!!!!
My Very Lucky Son 
She Also Attended a Very Prestigious School
While
her picture would appear next to the definition of “nice” in the dictionary
there is some iron beneath that surface, requisite in any good mom. An indication
of that and her strength of intellect is her rapid rise through the ranks of
her company at the same time she produced the two aforementioned granddaughters.
Finally, she’s just fun to be around and I consider myself blessed that my son
found this treasure and was smart enough to marry her. I know my daughter is
also happy she finally has a sister, something of a lifelong grudge she had
against her brother. So happy birthday ABFA and thanks for being who you are!
Riggins is also a Very Lucky Boy
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends
of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Pittsburgh
College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh;
Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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