Thursday, September 4, 2008

Alexandra is Nine!

Nine years ago, the universe bestowed upon me that most pleasurable of life’s challenges—a daughter. I use my little space today to wish her happiness on this anniversary of her arrival on the planet.





Today she is nine.



Alex is beautiful and bright.
Fiery and funny. Complex and Cuddly.

Revels in attention,
Yet shy when she notices she’s been noticed.


Alex is activist and active.
Weird and wild. Interested and interesting.

Winces (whines) at injustice,
But occasionally incorrect about cause or intent.


She negotiates every judgement, and doggedly seeks answers to her questions.

All of them.

She loves music, she loves animals, she loves books, she loves us.
And we love her.

3 comments:

Orangelamb said...

Happy Birthday future man (or woman, no discrimination)-wreaker! Happy birthing day Alexandra!

Anonymous said...

Hooray! Happy birthday Alex!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Alex! I hope she got lots of cake on her face.

You're such a wonderful and cool sounding dad to have. The little 'uns are lucky. :)