Happy Birthday
Know that I am always with you. You may not see me, but you are never forgotten. You are close to my heart, just like the day your tiny fingers first wrapped around mine. I remember how you could barely open your eyes, and yet there was this wonder inside me as I cared for you—fixing your little wounds, whether it was a splinter, a scraped knee, or just restless legs. A quick band-aid with your favorite Disney characters, and you were as good as new. I watched, sometimes with a heavy heart, as your siblings didn’t always include you in their games. You were just a little too young to be seen as a real playmate, and sometimes they thought you were more of a bother than anything else. It hurt me because I wished for all of you to play together, to be kind to one another. But, even in that, something special happened. It gave us time for our own adventures. We went on daddy-daughter dates! Often, it was just running errands, but it always ended with a little treat for you. No, this wasn’t