On this the 17th day of March, while the world celebrates a hokey and commercialized holiday (although let's be real--who actually celebrates St. Patrick's day), we in the Stone family celebrate a much more momentous occasion--the birth of our dad--John Stone Sr.!
Happy Birthday dad. We love you and are honored to call you father. I can honestly attribute most of my success to you (and mom of course) and your example of hard work, unconditional love, patience, and service. I saw the way you treat mom, and by mirroring those same actions I was able to win and keep the heart of my lovely wife Michelle. I saw how you loved, taught, motivated and disciplined us as children and now use those same strategies to care for the children where I work. I saw you teach the gospel in and out of our home and now teach the gospel and academic topics with confidence and passion. Thank you for sharing yourself with us, for making time for us, and for being a righteous patriarch. Hope your birthday is fun...and traditionally filled with peanuts, Snapple, and golf tees.
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