Happy Birthday

I had a daughter

We planned her name, M, 7 years before she was born

But then, born on a Tuesday we Named her M Tuesday.

Like a fairy godmother’s blessing this literal naming habbit

Came to pass in Margot’s life as her stuffed animals were given

Names like Cat the cat, Beary the bear and Rabbit.

She came with an “oops, try again attitude” and a sit on the

Front row and sing loud mindset.  She makes me laugh with

Her confidence and

overcoming fears like the vacuum

vampire bats in the publix parking lot

and, no that’s all the things she ever feared.

When I give her a year to complete a 4 year program she

Makes a plan to finish it in 6 months.  She has learned that

There is no hard, just new.

We’ve had to clip her wings with silly rules like

“Don’t climb higher than the roof-line” because she has and would

gladly do so “in song form.”

She knows her dad is really smart and knows what to do about

Missing cat posters.  She knows that there are beautiful horses

Like me, her mom.  And she knows that if someone calls you a

“Rude Dude” it’s best to say “You don’t even know what a dude is.”

She knows that if someone pushes your slow button you go… slow.

She knows that Llamas don’t grow from lima beans.

And if you tell her that your favorite candy is sweat hearts, but there

Are none left, she will Find one, in her mouth, and give it to you.