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Happy Birthdays Rebekah and Alaynah

Today is a birthday. I really cool one.

It belongs to my daughter Rebekah. But it also belongs to my daughter Alaynah. Yes, they were both born on the same day. Six years apart, but on the same day. And almost at the same time, being born 12 minutes apart.

I remember the days pretty clearly. Mostly because the entire last four days or so was almost identical. The day of their births (which oddly enough fell on exactly the same day of the week) I woke up and got to work at about 7:29 (I started work at 7:30 in those days). Sandi was awake when I left the house and I asked her if she needed me to stay home because she had been having contractions all night.

She said that she would call me if she needed me to come home. So I left for work, got in, checked my email and voicemail and as soon as I was done with that, about 8:15 or so, I got a call that I needed to come home because we needed to get to the hospital.

Anyone who knows me and my wife knows that her deliveries have all gone very fast so there was really no time to waste. I got home, we took the kids to wherever they were staying so we could get to the hospital and we took off, getting to the hospital a little after 9:00.

A little after noon our kids were born.

They even looked alike when they were born, both having extremely thick dark hair. Facial features looked remarkably similar as well. It was uncanny. And it is still fresh in my head.

So to you my beautiful daughters I tell you Happy Birthday. Thank you both for the memories and for the joy you have brought to my life just by your existence. I am so blessed that God chose me to be your daddy. I love you immensely and I am glad you are my daughters.