My thirty-something birthday!

Hi everybody! Today is my birthday......

I just have to share the birthday card I received from my mom today. It brought tears to my eyes. I love my mom so much! She has been such an inspiration to me.

I hope this message inspires you all!

"If" for Daughters

A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY MESSAGE

FROM THE WRITINGS OF EMILY MATTHEWS

If you can value truth

above approval

and friendship over beauty,

wealth, or fame,

If you can share your gifts

and talents wisely,

leaving someone better off

than when you came...

If you find happiness

in simple pleasures

and see the rainbow, not the falling rain,

If you have faith to keep right on believing

in miracles that no one can explain,

If you look until you see the good in others

and keep your spirit honest, true, and free,

Then you'll be, not just happy and successful,

but the woman only you

were meant to be.

If you could see

all the flowers in the world,

If you could hear

all the laughter in the universe,

If you could make all the dreams

that ever were wished come true,

then you would know

a little part of the joy

of having and loving

a daughter like you.

Wishing You

a Beautiful Birthday

Loving you always, your Mom