May 5, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
Dearest Middle,
I’m not sure how many times I’ve told you that you aren’t going to make it to your next birthday. Probably more than fifteen, which is how old you are today.
Happy Birthday my beautiful, curious, tenacious, tough-as-nails, HUGE hearted Middle! Smile for me?
Oh, I forgot. There’s no smiling in basketball!
Maybe you could put the ball down for a sec and give me a little smile. Just a little one . . .
Pretty please?
Aw, thanks. Did I mention that you’re stubborn as they come? And bull-headed? And obstinate? Yes, I realize those are all the same things, but that’s what you are. All that.
And so much more. I love you, you grumpy-head, even when you pretend not to hear me, even when you pretend I’m annoying you–
What’s that? I really am annoying you? Well, then, my job is done here. I’m going inside now. Really.
Okay, now. Now I’m leaving. But I won’t be far. Ever. Don’t forget that you beautiful woman/child. I’ll always be here.
Your loving momma
Posted by Jill @ 1:00 am | Make a Comment
Judy F says:
Happy Bday MIddle child. Hope its the best yet.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 2:53 amStacy ~ says:
Happy birthday, Middle one. Your whole, exciting life is ahead of you, and you have so much to look forward to. How thrilling. But don’t drive the p’s too crazy, ‘k? We need Jill to keep writing those awesome books of hers
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 3:17 amChrista says:
Birthday wishes going out to middle.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 3:49 amMental P Mama says:
Happy Day Beautiful Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 4:55 amSonya says:
Happy Birthday Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:25 amHélène says:
Enjoy your day!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:49 amLisa J says:
Happy Birthday kindred spirit. I too am a middle child and boy are we special people. We have to think so for the oldest and baby always get the most attention!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:50 amAsthmagirl says:
Happy birthday to middle! She has a great smile (in the previous post!)
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:53 amSuzanne says:
Awww, she’s so pretty! And she looks like a tough basketball player!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:58 amLiza says:
Happy Birthday Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:00 amDru says:
That is a beautiful testimony to middle.
Happy Birthday Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:17 amAshley says:
Happy Birthday Middle!!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:36 amHope you have a wonderful day and try to remember that right now 15 might not seem so great but in a few years you’ll want it back!!!
kris says:
Beautiful letter, very you.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:45 amHappy birthday Middle!!
Patty L. says:
Happy Birthday Middle. Enjoy your day and remember it’s only one more year until you can drive.
Nice letter Jill.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:47 amBailey Stewart says:
Happy Birthday beautiful woman/child. How you made your momma proud!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:52 amCourtney says:
Happy Birthday to Middle.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 8:07 amAllie says:
Happy Birthday, Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 8:17 amRobin says:
Happy Birthday, Middle! Best wishes for a great year! Jill, my 15-year-old’s favorite words to me are, you’re so annoying! I hear it quite often so I guess I’m doing my job.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 8:34 amlimecello says:
Happy birthday, Middle! Have a terrific day!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 8:38 amTSannieBB says:
It all goes so fast! Happy birthday, and may you savor the last year in your middle’s life without her driving.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amjean says:
Someday she’ll appreciate all that you’ve done - of course, by then she’ll be a mom and have one just like herself. Ha.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 9:24 amJill says:
She’s already bugging me to drive . . . And let me just say, there is little more terrifying than imagining her on the road. In charge of a moving vehicle.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 9:26 amDonna M says:
Great pictures.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 10:56 amSusan says:
Happy Birthday Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 11:36 amBrandy says:
Happy 15th Birthday Middle!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 1:44 pmAllie says:
You know, now that I think about it, it strikes me that perhaps Middle should not drive a car. This is based on the descriptions we have had here from you. This wild child would be too confined in a car. She really would be more appropriately conveyed via motorcycle.
After your heart restarts,
surely Middle driving a car will sound better than Middle on a motorcycle.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 2:36 pmCassie says:
Happy birthday Middle!
Best wishes to you on this special day and many more to come!!!
You will always make your Mom proud.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 3:36 pmjeanne says:
How sweet - you should write that down for her to read when she is older and will appreciate it a lot more then lol. Happy Birthday middle child/woman!
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 5:22 pmCryna says:
What a great letter. Happy Birthday, middle child. Hope your day was a good one.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 6:44 pmPat L. says:
How sweet, Jill.
Happy bday, Middle. Hope celebration was great.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 7:56 pmTreasia Stepp says:
Sorry I’m late but Happy Birthday Middle Child. I hope it was all you dreamed of.
Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 5:11 amAntique Mommy says:
Oh to be 15 again. Okay maybe I don’t want to be 15 again, but I would like to not have the beginnings of tricepts that wave in the breeze.
Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 8:49 amLori says:
Happy Birthday a little late. Wait - is that ground I see behind her?
Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 10:45 pm