Friday, April 26: Today is my daughter Sarah’s 29th birthday! I wish I could be there for this special day, but since I can’t, I will have to do a lot of making up for lost time when I return home.
Sarah works as a waitress at Joe’s Inn in Richmond, Virginia while also attending school at Virginia Commonwealth University. She lives in a row house in Richmond’s Fan District with two close friends and her dog named Bagel. She’s a wonderful writer and wants to write for a living one day. She’s got a great sense of humor and a sharp wit. In high school she loved drama and she played the part of Alice in Wonderland in a school production. She also has run a half-marathon and a number of 10k runs. She loves healthy food, wearing dresses, and collecting cute things for her house. We enjoy going out together to eat at Richmond’s many great restaurants and going shopping at her favorite stores, including Target, anthropologie and Urban Outfitters. We also enjoy toasting each other with glasses of red wine. 🙂
Happy birthday to my little red-headed munchkin. All my love goes to her on this special day.
Click on any of the pictures below for a full-sized slide show.
Lovely family photos, Cathy. What beautiful hair Sarah has – wow! Happy Birthday to Sarah 🙂
Thanks so much, Marianne!
What treasures!
Thanks, Gilly. I’m so thankful for my children. 🙂
Happy Birthday Sarah! Hope you have had a great birthday!
Thanks for your birthday wishes, Theresa! 🙂
Dear Sarah,
Many happy returns from me and your mother’s friends. Have a great day.
Thanks, Gavin, for your kind birthday wishes for Sarah. 🙂
So sorry, my friend! How could you not be in here? http://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/wordpress-family-award/
Happy birthday to your daughter. 🙂
Aww, Jo, you’re so nice to include me in your Family Award. So thoughtful. Thanks for the birthday wishes for Sarah. She apparently threw a big party for herself last night. Can’t wait to hear all about it. 🙂
Hi Cathy, Happy Birthday to Sarah. What a gorgeous young woman. And now I truly know that it’s a small world because we used to live in Richmond … in the Fan! Our house was on Park, close to the Strawberry Street Cafe. Small world. Please wish her Happy Birthday from a couple of “Fans”! All the best, Terri and James
That’s so funny you lived in the Fan. I have a friend that lived on Park; her name is Susan Holland. You don’t know her by chance? Also I used to live on Belmont near Carytown back in the late 1980s. I love Richmond! Do you know Joe’s Inn? That’s where Sarah works… 🙂
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH. Wishing you many more.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thank you, Francine!
Awww. What a fun girl! I know what you mean about missing those birthdays!
Yes, it’s a bummer being away. Oh well, not much longer now!
Birthday wishes to Sarah (your little red-headed munchkin) and to you,Cathy…birthday blessings and remembrances of that day years ago when you brought her home. What a treasure!
Yes, she certainly was, and is, a treasure, Lynne. She’s such a character and a sweetheart. Can’t wait to see her in a couple of months. 🙂
What a great collection of photos! Happy Birthday to Sarah. 🙂
Thank you, Elaine. I miss her so much. 🙂
How adorable she is, and SUCH a redhead. Happy birthday to Sarah. 🙂
Thanks so much, Marsha. Apparently she threw a big party for herself last night. Can’t wait to see how it went! 🙂
What a beautiful birthday wish to a beautiful young woman. Happy Birthday Sarah!
I’m so impressed that you’ve scanned all your early photos! I’ve still got to do mine.
I WISH I had scanned ALL my early photos, Rosie. You should see the boxes and boxes of photos I have in my basement in Virginia. If I do ever decide to scan them all, it will take about 5 years to do it. 🙂
Thanks for the birthday wishes for Sarah. 🙂
Belated birthday wishes to Sarah! She is gorgeous 🙂
Ah, you’re sweet, Madhu. I haven’t talked to Sarah since her birthday. She was supposed to have a big party that night, but I haven’t heard how it went. 🙂