happy birthday

We are all born at every birth. At least, that is how I think of it with our family.



My favorite youngest son has a birthday coming up.



(I also have a favorite oldest son, a favorite oldest daughter and a favorite youngest daughter.)



My favorite oldest daughter had a birthday not too long ago, which made me grateful that she was born, and so was our family.



And now, as my son's birthday approaches, I think that when he was born, so was a new family- a family of five.



The "old" family wasn't gone- the four of us from before- and yet we were still a new family.



Just as, when my favorite oldest daughter was born, our couple-ness was not ended, and yet a new family began.



So happy birthday to us all-- again and again and again.