-- The lasting haiku of Masaoka Shiki at Horyu-ji --
Happy Birthday to the woman who has it all - an absolutely amazing husband and two beautifully sweet little angel girls. You give meaning to my life, you are the butter to my bread, and quite often you literally butter my bread. On this day of celebration, I find that when words escape me I can most easily find them in a haiku:
Happy Birthday babe.
You are getting old, but don't
worry. You're still hot.
If you love Lauren and want to wish her a happy birthday, please leave her a birthday haiku, too.
love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love your adoring (and adorable) husband.
-Nathan James Lord-
18 comments:
Ha ha ha. LOVE IT! Lauren, I wish I could write you an equally good haiku, but I cannot. I am not as good a writer as Nate. But I do want to tell you that I love you. And I hope you have a wonderful birthday. And you are the best!!
Taryn
Happy birthday Lauren! You are so fun and so talented (I still can't get over those cupcakes)! Hope you have a great day! We should get together soon. :)
Happy Birthday Lauren Here is a Haiku that I didn't make up.
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator
What is haiku??? All I know is that on a birthday you sing a song and blow out the candles. I am out of it, as always. One thing I do know is that you are a beautiful, kind, loving, fun, accepting, strong woman. What a joy to know you! May you be blessed with many more happy days!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOREN NIBBER!!!!
(As your Aunt, I never have to stop using your childhood nickname--its in the Rule Book--you can look it up)
Cannot believe you are 26 years old. So many great memories of you and Catherine and Alex----loved sharing Christmas's and Halloween's with you.
Still love thinking about being at the base of city creek canyon one evening when you were maybe three, and your dad pointed to the glowing Capital Bld., asked you what it was, and you said in a very sinister voice, "It's a WITCH." Had to have been there but it was hysterical!
Another great Lauren moment was the hour of "Ba Ba Juuuuuuice" and upon receiving juice intermediately crying for "Ba Ba miiiilllk." Very funny now, but the whole weekend of babysitting you almost made me never want to have children of my own. Almost.
And of course the taunt that sent Catherine over the edge EVERY time was the infamous "I'm 5 your 3."
Loved it!
You have grown into a smart, beautiful, creative and funny woman. (Clearly you get that from your Aunt Laurel. Sorry Aunt Pam)
So, Nathan has requested a Haiku:
"The Nibber is Old
But not quite Cougar lev-el
Eat! Cake warm milk cold."
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY--
Much love,
Aunt Lo-lo
Happy B-day Lauren..hope you have a fun with your cute fam!
Here goes:
Lauren's growing up
She's funny, sweet and awesome
26 is lame.
It's not lame for you
You're always a bunch of fun
just a bad number.
Happy Birthday!
I had no clue what a Haiku is, so I looked it up:
Haiku (俳句 haikai verse?) listen (help·info), plural haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.[1] Haiku typically contain a kigo, or seasonal reference, and a kireji or verbal caesura. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku.[2] Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
I still don't know what a Haiku is. Happy Birthday Lauren!
You are especially loved TODAY (and whenever I am reading your blog---which is "Bloggy Heaven"!) :-)
B-Day Haiku
Lauren ROCKS it all...
She bakes, designs, and paints well
Mother-Earth-Mom,too!
Now I can talk unrestricted, PHEW! It's a very fun thing to both remember the funny, dear 'child' you were AND enjoy the awesome, talented, inspiring 'grown-up' you!!! And,hey, keep those stories of Miss Beck & the Ray-who coming, they're too, too great! What a sweet time in your life---may the year ahead be just as blessed! Lauren, you have a great heart!!! Happy,happy B-Day to you!
Love, Aunt Pam-Pam
Happy BDay Lauren! Love you and your whole freakin family :)
Ok seriously that is one sweet husband you got, does he train other husbands? You know like Nick? Just wondering! Happy Birthday Lauren, I hope you have a fabulous day!
Lauren, you have a pretty funny hubby! His haiku is incred!
Lauren I love you
You are the orange of my eye
You always smell nice
Seriously, though, have a WONDERFUL birthday! Love you tons!!
Liz
With dark or light hair,
in spite of her "tiger butt",
she is beautiful.
Though she's not perfect,
never fails to be honest-
which is refreshing.
Has SO many skills,
all of which I'm jealous of,
yet remains humble.
With just the right words
she always appreciates
her husband and kids.
Twenty-six was good;
hope it is for you as well.
Glad you have your Nate.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN! Do you know you share your birthday with my daughter, Julia! She is 19 today on the 19th! You are both beautiful and sparkly blondes full of life! I love your blog and all the cute faces on it! Nate is great! His wife is hot! The kids are spoiled, His Aunt is not (too good at writing impromtu Haikus). Anyway, have a wonderful day. Love from Aunt Cynthia
Happy Birthday!!! I hope you have a GREAT one!!!
Hi Lauren - You're a special person who knows just how to brighten up a room when you walk in! You're sweet, talented, caring, and darling in every way!
Lots of Love - Marcia
I LOVE LAUREN MORE THAN YOU! OKAY MAYBE NOT MORE THAN YOU BUT ALMOST! HAPPY B DAY YOU! HOPE IT'S GREAT! CUTE POST NATHAN!
Sorry I'm late, but Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day. Thanks for sharing a kitchen with me- and sharing your love of baking with me! Good times :)
We still need to get together!
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