The sun nudged her awake on her day of days. She tottered into the kitchen and announced to her parents, without the slightest hesitation, that any minute she expected the UPS truck to arrive with bundles of birthday gifts.
Yet another birthday and I can truthfully say that nothing has changed. That confident, optimistic, and unyielding child is with me all the time.
happy birthday to me...
...kristen
ps... My mother's favorite part of that story is that the UPS truck did, indeed, deliver birthday gifts that day. If only everything in life were as sure and easy as that prediction.