(Avery Wagner on JT, June 2008)
...If today is your birthday, you are one of my very favorite people in this whole wide world -- My niece, Avery!
...If today is your birthday, it is nearly impossible for me to believe you are 14 years old! How can you have changed so quickly from that dynamic (as in explosive) little baby who did everything -- both laugh and cry -- with such gusto, into the beautiful, spirited and sweet-natured high school freshman that you are about to become?
...If today is your birthday, I envy you the childhood you've had...Do you know how many kids can't talk their parents into letting them have even one pet? (Can you even count the number of cats, dogs, rabbits, horses...that you've had?)
...If today is your birthday, you have been abundantly gifted in so many areas...Your skills as a horsewoman, your aptitude for (and innate love of) learning, your passion for reading, and most of all, your compassion -- for people and animals.
...If today is your birthday, I once held you in my arms and watched you fall asleep, thinking you must be some kind of angel. In all of those years that have rushed by so quickly, nothing has changed that feeling. You will always be my Avery-Angel, and I will always love you in a very special way!
...Oh -- and if today is your birthday, sometimes you have purple hair...
(Avery at 7 years old in her purple birthday wig)
...Maybe today will be one of those days!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AVERY! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!
1 comment:
That is so sweet.... and she is so cute!
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