Happy Birthday Mom!

Today I am grateful for my working limbs and senses. And I am especially grateful for my mom today as she celebrates her 87th birthday.

Happy Birthday Mom!

This card fits. Understated, not about the glitz and glam. Flowers and green, two things you have always appreciated tending and viewing. 

As I ponder these working limbs and senses of mine, I consider how yours are on the decline. Your arthritic hands get more gnarled and bent. Your balance gets more questionable. Your eyes and ears still work, but nothing like they used to.

Happy Birthday Mom. How does it feel to be 87?  How does it feel to celebrate your first birthday in the nursing home? Mixed emotions? That is what I am feeling for you from my vantage point as your youngest daughter and #11 of 13.

Happy Birthday Mom! Your brood of 13 has expanded to a family that numbers will over 100 now. You have many well wishes coming your way on this day. I am grateful for your general overall health and that your new home is near your old home, and that you are well-cared for there. 

I am grateful for what you have taught me and what you show me as you age as gracefully as you know how. 

Happy Birthday Mom. Enjoy your day.