Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful dad on the planet, Fred Hennighausen.

He is the kindest, most hilarious, most encouraging, most generous man I know.

There are a million words I could use to describe him. He is truly fantastic.

But all in all --what matters-- is that He has taught me how to live a life that looks like Jesus.

Because everyday, I've watched him live intentionally and with integrity.

He has shown me how to love well, forgive freely, and daily choose joy & thankfulness.

[ The Track girls love Fred. ]

I know that until I have children, I will never fully understand what he has done for us. Also, he's the most understatedly hilarious person in my life and trust me, you always want to be on his side of a practical joke.
{ie. When my sisters and I were little girls, I remember lying in bed one night and seeing a red dot dance around on the wall in the dark. We were terrified (and obviously about to be sucked up into a UFO) and ran straight into my parents room. After my dad had assuaged our fears, calmed us down, and sent us back to bed, we laid down and.... it happened again! Come to find out my dad was terrifying his sweet little girls with a red laser pointer and then running back to his bed to pretend to be asleep. WHO DOES THAT?!}


Fred does that.

Despite the potentially scarring experiences that the Hennighausen girls overcame, we still think he is PRETTY great.

I'm so proud of my parents. 

I'm proud of who they are and 

I'm proud of where I come from. 

I am proud to call them MINE!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!