All You Need Is Love

It's a very special day today. Our Annie aka "Precious," as Bill named her long ago, is 28. We wish her the happiest of birthdays. It seems like just yesterday when we brought her home from Bonner General Hospital on that gorgeous October day, when the first song she ever heard was playing on the car radio: "Sunshine" by John Denver. What a beautiful song for the beginning of one's life!

Annie brings sunshine to lots of lives in this world, through her ANZAC cookies for Grandma, ANZAC cookies and special treats for many others also, her wonderful sense of humor, her thoughtfulness and willingness to go the extra mile to see that things are done right.

Annie's also made us earn our medals for parenthood a time or two. I'll never forget the Mother's Day card she sent a couple of years ago which pointed out all the impish things she'd done to disorder my mind. Inside the card, the note read, "I'm almost finished." That's Annie's sense of humor for sure.

She hasn't quite told me when "finished" will occur, but in the meantime, I'll continue enjoying upcoming chapters in Annie's adventuresome life. She's a person filled with foresight, determination and courage. Plus, she's pretty smart and talented too.

We love you, Annie, and we think you live up to your blog title "All You Need Is Love." By the way, I've mentioned it before, but today on her special day, I'll direct readers to her blog to see the beauty she captures in this world with her phenomenal photographic talents: (http://www.nnlove.blogspot.com/). It's okay to comment on those photos and wish her a happy birthday too.

Much love,
Mom and Dad Love