Hello! My name is Birdie Naugle, and come join me on the journey of my dad’s 50th birthday party.
To begin with, I would like to preface that my dad is my best friend. He provides for my family and makes sure that me and my brother have things we enjoy.
My dad never buys anything for himself and always puts his family above him. Unfortunately, that makes him very hard to shop for.
I can never quite put my finger on anything that my dad would actually like and use. After many weeks of thinking, I finally thought of the perfect thing.
I decided to put together a video of all of his friends and family from high school to now sharing funny stories with him, or the impact he’s made on their lives.
The first step was to get a hold of these people without asking him. I called my mom, and she began to send me a few contacts to reach out to.
The hard part was getting through to these people and getting them to say videos. I texted them in November (my dad’s birthday is in January), and it took them until the deadline to send in their video.
Funnily enough, I actually got a video of my dad getting interviewed at Episcopal when he was here, playing football (as seen in the article’s picture)! It was so funny for me to see it because it’s crazy to think that my dad was once my age, at the same school I am in now.
I suddenly realized that I have to move very quickly in order to attain all the videos, edit them and download them. I quickly got to work in January.
I finally finished it two days before my dad’s birthday, and then I figured out how to show him. Originally, I was going to show him the video when he was at his party, but I then decided that I was not sure if my dad would feel comfortable showing that to a ton of people.
I showed it to him on the TV at home, and he loved it! He was so grateful and said it was one of the best gifts he’s ever gotten.
I was so glad that my dad liked it because he deserves it. He deserves to know how much people care about him and how much he’s done to help them.
Image courtesy of Birdie Naugle ’28.
