09/20/2026
Today would have been my dad’s 70th birthday.
Bradley Demott Baird.
My dad.
The man who taught me more about hard work, strength, loyalty, survival, and family than he probably ever realized.
He started building a life for himself young. He worked, he hustled, he created things, and he left behind more than possessions or a business name. He left behind a legacy. And whether I realized it when I was younger or not, so much of who I am today came from watching him.
There are pieces of him everywhere in my life.
They are in the way I work.
The way I fight for what I believe in.
The way I refuse to give up.
The way I take care of my family.
And especially in this crazy bail bond life that became part of our family long before I ever understood how much it would mean to me.
Every time I keep going, every time I build this business a little stronger, and every time the Baird name and everything he started continues through me, I hope somehow he knows.
I wish I could tell him that.
I wish I could call him today and say, “Happy 70th birthday, Dad.”
I wish I could hear his voice.
I wish I could aggravate him one more time.
I wish I could sit down and have one ordinary conversation that I probably wouldn’t have thought twice about before.
That is the strange thing about losing someone. You don’t always miss the huge moments the most.
Sometimes you just miss the normal ones.
The phone calls.
The stories.
The laughs.
The things they said a hundred times.
Just knowing they were there.
And today, I miss knowing my dad is there.
But I also know this: death didn’t erase the 69 years he was here. It didn’t erase what he built, the people he loved, the stories we tell, the lessons he left behind, or the pieces of him that still show up in all of us.
I will carry those pieces for the rest of my life.
So today isn’t only a sad day.
Today is the day my dad was born.
And I’m thankful he was.
Happy 70th birthday in Heaven, Dad.
I hope wherever you are, you know your daughter is still down here working, fighting, loving her family, carrying on the legacy, and trying to make you proud.
I miss you more than words could ever explain.
I love you forever, Dad. ❤️