Happy Birthday My Lovely Maddie Mija

My firstborn baby girl is 14 years old today.  Where did the time go? 

I just want to tell you about the day that Miss Madelyn came into my life.  March in Virginia is the turning point.  It is neither cold, nor warm.  Despite this.....at the end of March....one day you will look outside your door and it as if an explosion of color is there to greet you and brighten your day.  Purple Crocuses have lain down to make way for the triumph of daffodils.  The skeletal bark of the dogwood offers you a reminder of resurrection.  A big fat robin hippity hops across a bold green lawn.   The world gives birth to wonderment before your eyes.  And it was a day like that......a day exactly like today.....that Miss Maddie came to join me in this thing we call life.  Her first and subsequent cries were not screeches or an affront to the ears....but instead this beautiful song that went "Laaa laaa laaa" 

And because of this.....on a day in March, in Virginia, I don't ever need a calendar or a reminder that a small precious child brought to me a rebirth of joy as she does even 14 years later.