Happy Birthday

I remember vividly the day you were born.

I remember the doctor yelling at me to stop pushing

while he unwrapped the cord from your neck.

Two times.

When you were one month old I remember

how you would laugh at the fan rotating above my bed

as I dressed you every morning.

And now, when you are 20 years old,

and no longer a teenager,

I still remember you as a toddler reaching to me and saying,

"Up! Up!"

Happy Birthday Alex.

With much love.

Mom