My little red tether is my anchor in running with my friends. A beautiful guide dog has been my tether/anchor in mobility and independence for 17 years: 1. Pantera 2. Cricket, and now my beautiful 3. Georgina (Georgie). A life of family and friends is my joy and anchor in life.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. CC Scott

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy Birthday, Natalie

Cricket and I just returned home from San Diego - flight 44 and 45 were very smooth -with Cricket being fabulous and no adventures on either flight. We enjoyed time with Adam, Natalie and Dahlia.
Twenty-five years ago we planned to meet some friends on the hill to watch the fireworks. Natalie had other plans for us as she came early and was born on the 4th of July! The parade, fireworks, and celebration matched our feelings as we were so thrilled to have this beautiful healthy baby girl enter our world! I was young - 20 years old and knew I would learn much from this girl! I continue to do so. Happy Birthday, Natalie. As tradition, the refrigerator is covered with pictures of you of the past 25 years. We delivered a copy of the pictures for her fridge in San Diego - so much fun!

5 comments:

Karen said...

Happy Birthday Dear One! Hard to believe that many years have passed but how very happy we all were to have that little girl come into our lives.

Love you

s day @ sdayrunning.blogspot.com said...

I love that idea of covering the fridge with pics! Happy birthday Nat! Thanks for sharing you're awesome mom with us!

wendy said...

She is lovely. That must have been quite a 4th of July celebration for you for sure.
and we do indeed continue to learn from our daughters.

Lacey said...

Glad you were able to be with her. I sure wish my little guy would have decided to come on the 4th of July!!

Grandma & Grandpa said...

Happy birthday, Natalie. So wonderful that your life is so good now. What a blessing! With love, Aunt (can it be great aunt?!) Loye