31/08/2026
Happy birthday to my amazing Dad ❤️
It sucks a little more this year because you would have been 80!
I know I would have made you have some sort of get together, or convinced you to go on a trip with us and the kids and you would have loved it.
There would have been wine, cheese platters and ALL the yummy food!
So instead, Mum and I are having a Singapore Sling, the cocktail you used to make us, and your favourite Steak Diane. And we’ll celebrate the incredible life you had. ❤️
I know I take after you in so many ways. I love being surrounded by family and friends, spending time with the people I love, seeing the world and really enjoying all the pleasures of life.
I know you never thought you’d make 80, but damn, I wish you did.
I miss you. My heart still hurts knowing the kids don’t have you here. You absolutely adored them, and boy, could they feel that love.
I miss your cuddles. I miss the way you’d say, “Hey love.” I miss your open heart and your open home, and the way there was always room for the people you loved.
Lachie and I always talk about how Scotty Cam from The Block reminds us of you, even though you hated him 😂 We do find that pretty funny!
Today we celebrate the man you were and the way you showed up so fiercely in this world for the people you loved.
Even when you got angry with us when we were younger 😂, I never, ever doubted how deeply I was loved by you.
Happy 80th birthday, Dad.
I wish you were here to celebrate it with us.
Love you always, your loving daughter ❤️
Ps. Abba is for you!