meghan anderson

on 7/24/02 9:42 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> Subject: what made me cry on my birthday
>
> I'm about to go play games with my collected family and two of Carol Rice's
> kids.
>
> My husband Keith left a card by my keyboard this morning. He's really
> careful about picking out cards, when he doesn't just get me to do it for
> them. So I know he read this and chose it for a reason. It's long, but I'm
> going to share the text here.
>
> ---------
> Today I wish I could run back through time,
> back to when you were little.
>
> I would try to find you on your birthday--in the middle of celebrating
> or, even better, at some quiet moment when you were alone.
>
> And if I knew what I know now, I would tell you:
> Never forget the hope and joy, the aliveness, of this moment.
> Never forget that you deserve happiness,
> that your life is precious to so many people.
> And never forget how very much I care about you.
>
> ----------------
>
> And he came in and I was crying, and he showed me a grocery list and asked if
> there was anything else he should get, and I couldn't read the grocery list.
> <g>
>
> Sandra


Awww. Sweet and beautiful. Happy birthday Sandra!

Meghan
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