i would love to wax philosophical AND poetic on this special day, but my creative energy is at "fizzle" rather than "burst" so i shall just speak plainly.
thank you, God, for making me a mother to ashleigh on this day 23 years ago. i couldn't have wished, planned or hoped for a finer person to have for a daughter. you have used her to stretch me and grow me and bless me in so many ways. happy 23rd birthday, dearest ashleigh! i love you!
oh, and she happened to greet us on the anniversary of orville and wilbur wright's first successful flight... happy 100th to the wright brothers!
