MY BIRTHDAY!! (5/19/08) Had a great birthday. The kids got me an awsome MP3 player, a beautiful chain for the diamond cross Aimee sent me, & some watercolor paints & paper. Dad got me some angel fish and some fish for the fishtank, but unfortunately they died a month later. Oh well, lasted longer than a fish dinner! Had a wonderful time & enjoyed the children as well!

Here's a poem I wrote right before my birthday, for my kids & grandkids!

ALL THE MEMORIES COME BACK TO ME

All the memories

come back to me--

Your smiles

Your simplicity--

How simple

were those days--

Just to hold you,

Just to play--

Holding your hand

to pray.

Like dreams

they are now,

Like jewels from the past.

Like the setting sun,

I wished that they

would last.

But in my heart

Those days remain

When love was simple,

Love was plain.

Your smiles

Your hugs & kisses

Are written

In my heart,

In my mind

forever--

They will never fade.

5/16/08