Today is my daughter's birthday. She is my youngest child, therefore she will always be my baby, even though she is 53 today. She has had an eventful life, happily full of many more good times than bad. I remember the day of her birth quite clearly, although she tells me she has no memory of the event. I was only in labor for three hours. She was always in a hurry.
Her childhood was normal, or at least I like to think so. She had girlfriends, she did well in school and she had a steady boyfriend in highschool (her first true love). She never did drugs, although she did get her first tattoo, and her first piercing when she went off to college.
She married her college sweetheart (the coach of the co-ed Rugby team on which she played). After college they both joined the army. After several years of service, including time in Iraq, she retired from full time military service but joined the Air National Guard. She had two children, a boy and a girl, my adorable grandchildren. Her first marriage ended in divorce, but her father and I were there to help her pick up the pieces. Now she is happily remarried to a wonderful man who is a loving step-father to her children.
In her 40s my daughter surprised me by going back to school. She graduated top of her class as a Surgical Technologist, and has worked in that field, very successfully, for the last ten years.
This year she embarked on her favorite career so far. She is a grandma, and the full time baby sitter for her adorable grandson. I think she would agree that it's been a good life so far, and there are so many great times still to come.
Happy birthday my darling daughter.
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