Father’s Day 2009
markmyers | June 21, 2009
Today was a very special father’s day for me. The prospect of Sam being born in only a few short months is tremendously exciting. I was blessed to have wonderful grandfathers and the best father a son could ever have. Through their teaching and examples I feel that I am as well prepared as I could ever be to finally be a father myself and I can’t wait to get started!
Pam made the day special as well for me. She got me a very special gift that I have been looking for unsuccessfully for some time. I’ve mentioned before that our favorite recordings are the Ella Fitzgerald songbooks. We bought them on CD years ago but I always wanted them on vinyl. Recently we have been buying individual records that were re-isussed by an audiophile label a few years ago. We were able to get mot of them but were not able to find our favorite one anywhere. It is Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbooks and is a large vinyl record set with some of the best versions of Gershwin tunes ever recorded. The songs were arranged by Nelson Riddle who is my favorite arranger and the recordings are simply fantastic. The vinyl box set of Ella singing the Gershwin songbooks is very rare but Pam tracked down a new one and bought it for me! It is a beautiful set of wonderful music, six albums in all. Thanks hon, I will treasure it! We already listened to most of the records this weekend.