Happy Birthday Tornado.
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Before we met you Id hear this song play & know its words were intended for your ears.
I feel blessed to call you my daughter and honored to watch as you write the story of your life.
I am unwritten, can’t read my mind, I’m undefined
I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplannedStaring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not findReaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwrittenI break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We’ve been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can’t live that wayStaring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not findReaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The Tornado and I have the same birthday! I’m honored to share it with such a cutie. Happy b-day, little one!
Happy Birthday to the Tornado and congratulations to you! Every birthday my children celebrate becomes more and more sweet as I think of all the precious memories and every minute of the life I’ve lived with them. Enjoy!
Karla
Happy Birthday to the Tornado and Happy Anniversary of you becoming a mom.
Happy Birthday to the Tornado! And she’s a very lucky little girl…to have YOU as her mommy!
I love it.
Now she has a cartoon too!
Have a fabulous day.
That song is a favorite of mine as well.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you both.
“today is where your book begins…”
That line always gives me chills too.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER!!
Seems we’ve been celebrating The Tornado’s birthday for weeks! What a lucky girl to have both that great cartoon, and a total MizFit for a mom. Have fun celebrating today.
Oh my goodness. Jaw dropping beautiful.
I KNOW, Sue
The Ren Man has suggested we dont do her party 2 weeks prior to the actual date next year…it’s just so hard with thanksgiving and all.
At least she hasnt been demanding daily gifts since then.
MUCH anyway
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and I love her new cartoon figure- so cute- so her! Happy birthday to your little bundle of joy
Well, she certainly is a little bundle of sunshine! Happy Birthday to your little burst of joy!
Too cute!!! Happy birthday to her
Can we get a family caricature shot?
Of you three together?
Where did you have them done? I’d love to do that for my twins for their birthday too!
Aw, this just made me cry! So amazing to watch them grow … such a gift.
Enjoy a wonderful b-day, Tornado!
Just took a listen to the song and got teary eyed.
Happy birthday to the Tornado.
Gotta love their innocence. I feel they are God’s way of letting us grow up twice. The first time we didn’t pay attention, the second time we live for every moment.
Happy Birthday miss Tornado. Love the cartoon.:o)
Love the caricature and the song! A very happy birthday to the Tornado!
Happy Birthday L’ilMiz!
Love the caricature – she looks adorable.
And such a lucky girl, to have such wonderful parents!
I am speechless.. how beautiful & what a tribute to the cutest Tornado around!!!!! Have fun & enjoy as I know you will!!! She is such a cutee!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Tornado!
Awww, what a lovely post. LOVE her caricature…that is just too cool! Happy Birthday, Miss E!
Happy Birthday, Tornado.
LOL! Love-love-love the image of your daughter!! One of the most influential people in my life has her birthday today!!
Happy birthday to a chip off the Miz!!
That is the cutest cartoon avatar ever! I love the Tornado:) Happy Birthday to her and happy mama day to you. Give her my best princess wishes!
My son’s birthday was the day after Thanksgiving…big 10. I had to pre-call his friends to see who would be in town before passing out invitations. Sometimes his b-day lands right on Thanksgiving! He’s just another reason to be SO thankful!
Happy Birthday, Tornado!
Thanks for sharing the song, Miz.
Happy Birthday to the Tornado!
Happy, happy birthday to the Tornado! And that is the most adorable picture!
I have always loved that song BUT now…its taken on a WHOLE NEW MEANING!!! Happy Birthday lil Angel!!! May ALL Your Wishes COME TRUE!!!
Love you Both,
Dr. Mo
Happy birthday Tornado!!!
Happy Birthday Tornado! She is truly blessed to have a mother like you, Miz.
Hooray! A most happy birthday to the Tornado and hope it’s an awesome day for the whole family.
(And the Lobster spends Extra Special birthday greetings as well).
Aww Happy Birthday little one!!!
And the drawing is amazing. I hope you have it framed for her
Happy Birthday to the Tornado!! How lucky you both are to have each other. Sending you all best wishes for many more years filled with happiness and health.
Great song – it’s on my playlist too.
What a touching birthday tribute. So much better than a pony.
And, isn’t she lucky to have a birthday AND Hanukkah so close together. Extra presents. Bonus!
There’s one thing that’s for damn sure about a tornado coming into your life. It changes the landscape forever.
Happy birthday, squirt.
A fabulous girl with a fabulous mom – two very lucky girls!! Happy b-day Tornado!!
THANKS SO MUCH for all your thoughts.
This morning we played and I now await her choice for the afternoon.
Have no clue what she will pick (the world is her oyster from painting pottery to build a bear)…
I laugh that in all the excitement and forever celebrating we got her nary a gift.
although that may not really be an accident
but a subconscious thing.
Im more about the experiential stuff and, as anyone whos ever crossed the threshold of those places knows, neither pottery not Build A Bear is cheap
maybe she’ll select playdough playing?
Happy Birthday!
I type this as Beauty and the Beast plays on the TV!
Hold her close, and let her fly.
Happy birthday Tornado!
And love love that her caricature was in a pink princess dress. Anything else would not have been right!
I vote for the playdough playing–my most favorite childhood fun!
Happy Tornado Day! And happy anniversary on her birth, Miz! =)
aww Happy Birthday to your lil girl!
Great dedication song
Happy Birthday Tornado!
Hi, there. I’m a first time visitor to your blog and am blown away by the variety of it. It comes across as fit as you are, for it felt as if I was speeding along reading all your entries. What a great site. Congratulations on being so fit. Did you have a weight problem before, or have you always been fortunate to be this fit?
Happy Birthday, Princess Tornado!
Bittersweet, is it not?
Enjoy the day (please please don’t make her cake)!
My kids usually want a trip or an experience for their birthdays. The gifts are just excuses for paper and ribbons!
happy b-day tornado!
AAWWWWWW!!! Love the picture of the Tornado. Happy Birthday, TT!!!
It goes by so shockingly quick. My baby turned 22 a few weeks ago and it seems so recent that he was Tornado size. Love, enjoy, remember every minute of it.
So sweet! One of the many things I admire about you is your commitment to your family. Blessings to her and you all.
Birthday and princess wishes to the Tornado!
Beautiful poem.
As Winnie the Pooh would say, many happy returns on your birthday.
Happy birthday to the tornado! She has a great mom
Happy Birthday Tornado! I love the characture (sp?).
Almost-belated Happy Birthday wishes! I hope it was an extra special day for all!
Happy Birthday Tornado hope you had a great day!
Happy birthday to your daughter. Swee post!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TORNADO!!!! Hope your family had a wonderful day!! Love the post!
…ummm…left off a “t”.
Happy birthday Tornado!
Happy Birthday little Tornado!
Very cute caricature! Happy birthday, Toddler Tornado!
It may be her birthday (and many, many happy returns of the day!) though you (and Renman?) have done most of the work. I could not understand why the kids always got so many presents in those early years when they had the *gift* of us as their parents (and we gave them the gift of life).
(Isn’t it the teen years when they start screaming, “I didn’t ask to be born!!!”)
Maybe my perspective is twisted because I had twins but I still wanted recognition for being the parent. It wasn’t until I got much older (I was a young mom) and recognized myself that I got that much desired attention.
Happy birthday, Miz & family.
wow, that cartoony is perfection!!! happy birthday tornado!! she shares her birthday with my little man, how cute!!!
What a cute little cartoon tornado! Second only to the real thing, I am sure. Happy Birthday, Tornado!
Happy Happy Birthday to Tornado! LOVE that song!
Happy Birthday Tornado! I hope you all had a fabulous day!
Happy Birthday Tornado!!! Love that pic.
Happy Birthday Tornado! Hope your life is full of love, strength, and joy!!
Just beautiful, perfect song for a little tornado. Happy Birthday!
Aww, I hope the Tornado had a great birthday.
Aww…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lil tornado!
Beautiful! She IS lucky to have you as a mommy!