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Original post 03/02/2013
Today is my birthday and, as it’s a Sunday, it’s the quietest day of the week here at Castfireplaces, which is quite nice. So far, I’ve had a superb day.
Castfireplaces sponsors the team Jaiden plays for, Barca Lions U8s. Today they were at home playing Aspley and won 7–3, which was a great result.
So why am I the proudest father today?
Well, it’s not fireplace or stove related. I’m afraid today it’s about family again, something we’ve always held close to our values at Castfireplaces. I’m proud of our family business and what we do, but today I’m even prouder of Jaiden.
Jaiden, who is one of the defenders, decided he was going to give Dad the best birthday present ever and scored his first goal for Barca Lions on my birthday.
He then ran towards me, pulled up his shirt and revealed the message:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD spelt out on the layer underneath.
What a present. Talk about emotions. I was well and truly choked up. That’s me made up forever. Such a simple thing, but my day really couldn’t have been any better.
I know it’s not really fireplace related, but we are real people here at Castfireplaces and I thought I’d share it with our blog readers.
It’s strange looking back at this post now.
Jaiden is 21 and in his forth and final year studying Chemistry at university. It doesn’t seem five minutes ago that he was playing for Barca Lions U8s and running towards me with “Happy Birthday Dad” written under his shirt.
Melissa eventually joined Castfireplaces and became part of the family business, so will Jaiden follow the same route one day?
Who knows.
Chemistry and fireplaces are a little different, but you never know where life takes you.
For now, we’re just very proud of what he’s doing, and it’s nice to have these old posts to look back on.
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