M and I have two older kids ... err ... middle - aged men who are both within several years of eligibility for membership in the American Assn for Retired People, ie, nearing 50. Our youngest turns 38, today. She was born the day that the Pope* visited Philadelphia in 1976. We were/are not raised in the Church of Rome but one could only revel in watching the devotion that his adherents brought to their laying eyes on their Pope. Devotion and Kindness and Loving Mothering to her children, her pets, the visitors to her office and her near and dear are inseparable from my image of my daughter and, indeed, represent who she is.
Happy Birthday, J.
Much love ... Dad
* ... Mismemory ... Pope didn't visit till she was three. Wonder?
