Twenty-Three Things I Love & Remember About You For Christiana on her 23rd Birthday, August 11, 2013 1. At the exact moment you were born you entered this world, not with a cry, but with a song that sounded like you were singing the scales. Even the doctor and nurse said so. 2. Laughing hysterically when Michael would play peek-a- boo with you on the couch. 3. At two years old you were dancing in the living room to songs of different cultures: Russian, Mexican, Polish, French, etc. You would change your steps to match each one of the songs as if you knew them already. 4. Painting our white picket fence with me. You actually did a good job. 5. Always snuggling with me. 6. Mournfully crying while looking out the window when I went to work. Age 3. (Only two evenings a week.) 7. Sitting with neighbor dog friend, Brittany, in the front seat of the car, when she backed up and stuck her wired-haired short little tail right into your mouth! 8. Hugging and calming a not so touchy feely friend until she stopped crying each time we visited with her. 9. Learning to ride your bike. 10. Loving sparkly things and earrings. 11. Your rocky relationship with Big Bird, our goose. “Mom, Big Bird bit me again.” Me suggesting you and Big Bird get therapy. Now he follows you wherever you go in the yard and jogs with you. 12. Loving your cat son, Pumpie. (He will have no other.) 13. Laughing at all the silly things I do. (It’s nice to have a fan.) 14. Bringing me coffee every day. 15. Loving God. 16. Going deep in your quest for life. Questioning, exploring 17. Being my assistant this past year in the office. 18. Knowing every bit of trivia about celebrities, movies and music. How you absorb this and remember I do not know. 19. Loving your family and your family of pets. 20. Sharing your wonderful friends with me. 21. Sharing your joy and wisdom with your students, so much so they say “You have changed my life.” 22. Collaborating with me artistically: book, dance, documentary. Bringing artistic passion into our daily lives again. 23. Expressing yourself through dance in the most beautiful artistic way. Finding your voice through dance and creating a better world by inspiring those of us who watch you. Happy Birthday Beautiful Young Woman of 23. Love, Mommie
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 03:01:15 +0000
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