HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR MICHAEL~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TAKEN FROM "THIS LITTLE BOY"
BY MARY C. AND ROBERT G. WELLS

DEAR LORD,
I WANT THIS LITTLE BOY TO KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM. I WANT HIM TO KNOW HOW MUCH JOY HE HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I REALIZE, LORD, THAT HE WON'T UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, AT LEAST UNTIL SOMEDAY WHEN HE HAS CHILDREN OF HIS OWN. BUT, LORD, HELP HIM EVEN NOW TO UNDERSTAND THIS. HELP HIM TO KNOW HOW MUCH HE IS WANTED.
HELP ME TO SHOW HIM HOW MUCH. BY THE SPARKLE OF DELIGHT IN MY EYES WHEN I SMILE AT HIM. BY HOW QUICK I AM TO DROP A MOTHER'S CHORES AND PLAY WITH HIM. BY THE UNHURRIED WAY I READ HIM STORIES, EVEN STORIES I'VE READ HIM A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE. ESPECIALLY THOSE STORIES, LORD, BECAUSE THEY WILL CREATE SUCH A VIVID MEMORY FOR HIM.
HELP ME TO GIVE THIS BOY A HAPPY CHILDHOOD, FILLED WITH LATE NIGHTS AND PILLOW FIGHTS AND STORIES READ BY FLASHLIGHT UNDER HIS COVERS. MAY HIS MORNINGS BE FILLED WITH BUILDING FORTS, HIS NOONS WITH PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES EATEN IN A TREE HOUSE AND HIS AFTERNOONS OF BASEBALL WITH THE NEIGHBOR KIDS.
MAY HIS CHILDHOOD BE FILLED WITH SUCH HAPPY TIMES, LORD, THAT WHEN HE LOOKS BACK ON THEM, TWENTY, THIRTY, OR FORTY YEARS IN THE FUTURE, THE MEMORIES WILL BRING A SMILE TO HIS FACE AND REASSURANCE TO HIS HEART THAT HE WAS WANTED, AND THAT HE WAS LOVED!

MICHAEL, YOU ARE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE FAMILY AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU.

"SONS ARE A HERITAGE FROM THE LORD, CHILDREN A REWARD FROM HIM."
(PSALM 127:3)

"MY SON, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAY; LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY WORDS. DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT, KEEP THEM WITHIN YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM AND HEALTH TO A MAN'S WHOLE BODY."
(PROVERBS 4:20-22)

MICHAEL, WE ARE SO BLEST THAT GOD SPARED YOUR LIFE YEARS AGO AS HE DID. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU AS YOU SERVE HIM WITH YOUR LIFE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ENTIRE FAMILY