It seems appropriate that more than 80,000 people will be on hand tomorrow to celebrate my sister Kathy‘s birthday.
There will be beer toasts and brat fries, an F-16 flyover and a chicken dance. The whole Badger band will be at the shindig.
I’m told there will be a football game as well.
And, in the center of it all, at Lambeau Field, one of her favorite places in the world, Kathy will mark her 48 hard-fought years with her trademark grace (of character not necessarily of foot), humor, kindness and joy.
Many of us will be with her at Lambeau tomorrow, but we’d all like to take a moment now to wish her a happy birthday.
Please feel free to add your own birthday wishes…
Thank you so much for the book talks, Badger talks and Milwaukee trips. You have truly shaped the person I am today, and I’m so grateful. Have a great birthday! U rah rah Wisconsin! Love, Molly“Hi it’s Kathy. Laughing Kathy. With eyes of blue and lashes made of lace”…Kathy, my 2016 goal is to finish these lyrics and I have great news! Sam Winch is going to help me. Let’s celebrate in style on Saturday. Unfortunately, I don’t think the song will be finished by then. But soon. Stayed tuned…Kathy, I am thrilled to be spending your birthday with you at Lambeau. Let’s make it a birthday and Badger win for a special day on Saturday. We can show those Cajuns how to party. Love, VinceHappy birthday wonderful godmother and (semi) namesake. Thanks for being such an incredibly supportive aunt and fun travel buddy. This year is sure to bring more adventures and blessings. I can’t wait to celebrate this weekend with a fellow Badger. You Rah R-ock and I love you so much! Love, KatherineKathy, I think you are next in line for a miracle. Happy birthday, BrianKathy, all our lives we’ve been the “little girls”. If I could find your favorite doll Angela Amy, I’d bring my doll Becky to your birthday celebration, where we’d toast to sharing closets, canopy beds, princess phones and am/fm radios with antennae so long they’ll poke out your eye. We could use a little more Shawn Cassidy right about now. Love you, JJJHighKathy, I love you as you are and I love celebrating you today and always. Happy birthday! Your husband, KeithDear Auntie Kathy, I hope you get better. And I hope you stay strong. I love you Auntie Kathy. Happy birthday. Love, ErinOne of my earliest memories of you is getting to visit you when you were living in Milwaukee. I remember eating Chinese food in your super cool apartment and being flabbergasted that you lived in such a big city, in such a tall building, so far from home. It seemed impossibly brave to me. I now live much further away, in a much bigger city, but your impossible bravery hasn’t faded at all. Over the past three decades I’ve never seen your kindness, joy or sense of humor waver despite facing adversity that would easily break the spirit of most people. Kathy, I hope you have a fun-filled weekend with family and friends. I wish I could be there. Go Badgers and Happy Birthday. We love you very much! Love, CharlieOn the eve of the first UW game day of 2016, Happy Birthday to our OB (original badger), Kathy Finley! Thank you for creating a legacy at the University of Wisconsin that continues today! You’re a constant inspiration with your keep-calm-carry-on attitude. Also, thank you for opening my life to State Street Brats bar specials…That had a profound effect on my college experience. Love, VinnieHappy birthday Kathy and thanks for blocking the south wind for me in section 117 all these years. I’ll keep blocking the north for you. Of course, you’d celebrate your birthday at Lambeau. On Wisconsin! On Kathy! and, of course Go Pack Go! We love you.
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Wow! I’m stunned. Thank you to my wonderful family. I am blessed to be surrounded and supported by this amazing group. This could be the best birthday ever! Go Badgers!!
Hope you had the happiest birthday at the Wisconsin win today! This comes from your grandpap Ron’s buddy Nick Asashon. I met you and your family at the Central Cambria High School golden football presentation. Tell your mom and your sisters I said hello. Go Pack Go! Also don’t forget to root for our Steelers back home. Hope to see you guys in Colver some day soon.
Wow! I’m stunned. Thank you to my wonderful family. I am blessed to be surrounded and supported by this amazing group. This could be the best birthday ever! Go Badgers!!
Happiest of Birthday Wishes to you, Kathy! Thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers.
Hope you had the happiest birthday at the Wisconsin win today! This comes from your grandpap Ron’s buddy Nick Asashon. I met you and your family at the Central Cambria High School golden football presentation. Tell your mom and your sisters I said hello. Go Pack Go! Also don’t forget to root for our Steelers back home. Hope to see you guys in Colver some day soon.
Almost forgot about your brother Mike. Tell him I said hello also.
Thanks so much Nick! We’d love to see you in Colver again. We had such a great time seeing you and everyone else.Thanks for the birthday wishes