Master's Birthday

Today, April 23, is Master's 60th birthday. There are lots of important historical events that happened on this day (see the list below), but for me and for T, the most important thing to ever happen on this day was the birth of this wonderful, good, caring, strong man that we love so very much.

It has been a challenging and uncomfortable month leading up to this day, but things seem to be improving. We are seeing smiles again, and the sparkle is back in His eyes. He's not completely recovered or completely healed, but He is much, much better and that is a great gift for us all.

I am so glad to have Him in my life; so honored and humbled to be His. Happy birthday, Sir! May there be many, many more...

I love You.

Yours always and all ways,

swan

On this date in:
1564
This is the generally accepted birthdate of the English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare. He died on the same date 52 years later.
1616
The Spanish writer Cervantes died in Madrid.
1789
President-elect George Washington and his wife moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City.
1791
James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pa.
1896
The Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was demonstrated in New York City.
1908
President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve.
1940
About 200 people died in a dance-hall fire in Natchez, Miss.
1954
Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. (Aaron's career total is second only to Barry Bonds.)
1971
The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" was released.
1985
The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing its secret formula for Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert to the original version.)
1992
McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Beijing.
1993
Labor leader Cesar Chavez died at age 66.
1995
Sportscaster Howard Cosell died at age 77.
1998
James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 but later insisted he was framed, died at age 70.
2004
President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi's giving up weapons of mass destruction.
2007
Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, died at age 76.
2007
Journalist and author David Halberstam died in a car crash at age 73.