Derek Coward on February 14th, 2009

My step-daughter Araya Marie Noe turned 10 on February 13, 2009. Tomorrow, we are taking her to Chuck E Cheese for a birthday party.

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Derek Coward on February 10th, 2009

I finally remembered to post birthday wishes on the birthday in question. My brother Devin turns 21 today. Even though his name is Devin Darnell Ponder, I have almost always called him Billy. Before he was born, I was sitting around with my mother and stepfather, talking about names for the baby. My stepfather (who […]

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Derek Coward on February 10th, 2009

To keep up with the running theme, as a website owner, I am a horrible father. My youngest daughter Jazmyn had a birthday on February 8 and I forgot to blog about it. In my defense, I spent a great deal of the morning with her, so I wasn’t completely neglectful. She turned 19, so […]

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Derek Coward on February 10th, 2009

As a website owner, I am a pretty bad brother. My younger brother Charles had a birthday on February 3 and although I called him, I completely forgot to announce it on the site. Charles currently lives in Washiington DC, so I don’t get to see him as much as I would like, but as […]

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Derek Coward on January 21st, 2009

With a lot of my attention focused on the inauguration yesterday, I completely forgot to do a post congratulating my nephew Dwight on his 18th birthday. I did however remember to relay birthday wishes to him through my mother and youngest brother. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to actually talk to him. This is […]

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Derek Coward on January 10th, 2009

Even though there is very little chance that she will ever read this, I want to make sure that I wish my grandmother Ansonia Walls a happy birthday. If I recall correctly, she was actually born Stephia Ansonia Walls, in Anderson, NC. My great-grandfather wanted to name her Andersonia, but my great-grandmother vetoed that idea […]

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