Thursday, February 23, 2012

Celebrate!

Today is a day to celebrate!
On this day, twenty-three years ago
A daughter was born.
She was a life long dream fulfilled.
A treasure!
A joy!
A reason to celebrate!

Happy Birthday, Jessica!
(I know you read my blog!)



When she was just a little girl,
She was the apple of everyone's eye
Her brother was smitten - 
So thrilled with his sister!


She grew up quickly,
before we knew it, 
she was heading off to college -
"Okay, take the picture, and let me get back to decorating my first apartment."


Friends were getting married . . .


She discovered a love of baking,
Cookies, cakes, chicken enchiladas.
Found that she was really good at it -
Apple pies her speciality!

"I can bake a Thanksgiving apple pie!"


She grew up loving the beach
no matter the weather
Windy, rainy, stormy, clear
Her shoes would come off.
(December 2011- raining, miserable, NO ONE is on the beach!)


This year, as in the past several years, 
We celebrated early,
Distance and schedules in the way
Her birthday choice 2012?

. . . Birthday Backpacking Sleeping Bag!

She's on her own
living her life
making her own choices
building her own dreams -

And never far from her mother's heart.


Have a fantastic day celebrating life
Birthday Girl!

10 comments:

  1. Happy birthday to your sweet daughter. It was good to get to know her more.

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  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!!! ALOHA FROM HAWAII!

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  3. Happy Birthday to your sweet daughter and congratulations to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Daughters can be sweet, it sounds like you got lucky Sandi!
    Happy Birthday Jessica, it sounds like you have an awesome mom! Love Di ♥

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  5. What a cutie and so pretty too! Happy birthday to her and I guess a happy birth day to you too!

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  6. Lovely post. Happy Birthday Jessica and may you have your wish come true.

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  7. I get to see her at work, too, when I go to the Great Harvest Bread Company. She's a sweetheart, and you are incredibly lucky to have each other! Happy Birthday, Jessica! :-)

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  8. Dear Jessica,
    Happy birthday! How blessed you are to have a mother who clearly loves you so devotedly.
    And she is blessed to have a daughter who's branched out and brought newness into her mother's life.

    Peace.

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  9. What a lovely tribute to your beautiful daughter! It is wonderful that you two are so close to each other.

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  10. Happy Birthday, Jess! You've grown into a woman to be proud of for sure, but I'm not the least surprised.

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