Happy 14th Birthday My Beautiful, Beautiful Tess

I barely know how to begin...my baby, my last child, is turning 14 years old today. Impossible my heart says...this small being only just arrived...yet I look around and see that indeed, my tiny beam of light is now a beautiful, ever lovely, talented, caring person who is so rapidly approaching womanhood that it makes my head spin and my heart flutter.

I think you Tess are a wonder and I am so, so glad to call you not only my daughter, but also my friend. My love knows no bounds.