It's Her Birthday

Four years ago, we welcomed this joyful, exuberant, empathic, wacky, cuddly, opinionated gift. We felt all that we had expected to feel and then a hundred times more than that. This little blond tornado, born between two huge snowstorms, blesses and enhances our lives each and every day. She has so much to say, so many thoughts, so many worlds that she invents, so many schemes, so many jokes, so many jumps, so many dances, so many outfits, so many opinions, so many fears, so many questions... but most of all, she has so much love. She is cautious yet fearless, obstinate yet intuitive, impatient yet particular, happy yet dramatic. She runs at 100% or at 0% and there aren't a lot of shades of gray to this gal. She makes us think harder, ask more questions of ourselves, and she will never, ever, ever takes no for an answer the first time you say it. She is my spark plug and keeps me going long after I'm ready to call it quits for the day; there is no mailing it in when she's on duty.  But the love, oh the love, that you get makes every moment worth it. She is four years of love and energy wrapped up in there and she is, quite simply, an incredibly magical little person. Happy birthday to our well-loved, and loving, monkey.