What can a man accomplish in 75 years? If you are Dr. Tom Cavanaugh - quite a bit.
Marry your forever partner Arlene and celebrate 48 years together. Love and protect her through every up and down the two of you and those 5 kids have had throughout all those years.
Continue that on with 17 grandkids that all those kids have provided.
Raise Courtney, a genuine spirit of a person that loves her two kids and husband with all of her heart and treasures her parents.
Raise Rory, a very rational, quiet kind of leader, similar to her Dad, who dedicated her life to loving the heck out of her husband and 3 kids, much like her own parents did.
Raise Rob, the mini-Tom in nature and thinking, who also has 5 kids all running around in sports and school stuff, and a great strong wife just like his Dad did.
Raise Brad, the ultra-calm, cool, and free spirit one in the family that shares his Dad's passion for photography and flying, as well as being a great Dad and loving his wife.
Raise Natalie, who shares your values, hard working demeanor, faith to her family, and the confidence to be the boldest one of the bunch.
You gave me the chance to love your best girl, and welcomed me in as your own, and have been a father to one more kid ever since, and for that, I am most thankful.
There are plenty of other things I could talk about when celebrating your 75th whether that be your golf game, your photos, your buddies, your jokes, or the legacy you left from your many years in business helping people smile in Valpo.
Looking at Arlene, those 5 kids, 17 grandkids, and the Life you have led, everything else is just icing on the cake.
Happy Birthday Tom