Happy Birthday Tim!

Dear Tim: Your birth was a great event. We were so excited to welcome you to this world. I can still remember the first time I held you. There was an expression in your eyes as if you could still see heaven. I could almost read in that expression you saying to our Father in Heaven, "So this is what it's all about." Without a sound I felt you were communicating with him - with your eyes and heart.

What a joy your brought to your mother and dad. We'd sit and listen to you babble and coo as you were trying to sound like us. When you were almost five months old, you would try to grab everything in sight. At church you desperately tried to hold and turn the pages of the hymn book. Your smile was so precious and sweet, it just melted my heart every time you smiled.

Today, you're a grown man with a family of your own. You still bring great joy and happiness. I am proud have you as my son. You bring honor to the family name. Love, mom