Happy Birthday Grandma Susie

Fifty five years on Earth and now two in heaven.

Happy Birthday, Mom.

"Your birthday brings back memories

Of laughter and of tears

Of all the celebrations held

Throughout your precious years

As you're now watching over me

I hope that you can see

How much those memories we made

Will always mean to me

I'll always cherish times we had

And smile just at the thought

I hope you know the magnitude

Of joy your life here brought

On holidays and birthdays

It's so hard to be apart

Like every day that falls between

Your memory fills my heart

You're with me now where ever I go

You're part of all I do

I'll celebrate your special day

And the gift of knowing you"

The triplets have a special message to say:

Dear Grandma Susie,

Is it okay that we call you that? What would you have wanted us to call you anyways?

Happy Birthday! We aren't quite sure the entire meaning of today but we know it's a special day for Mommy and Auntie Molly. Mommy says you are in Heaven and we sort of know what that place is but I think we will understand more as we get older. But she says you aren't here on Earth with us but that we still have to celebrate you as if you were.

We wish we could meet you. Play with you. Color with you. Laugh with you. Snuggle and watch movies with you. Spend the night with you and read with you. We heard you loved to do all of those things. Mommy doesn't talk about you a lot because we think it makes her sad. Yesterday she cried and we didn't know why. We think she really really misses you. Maybe it's because you were such an amazing Mommy to our mommy.

Thank you for teaching her how to be a mommy. She is loving us the way she knows best - the way you taught her how to love. We think she learned everything from you. So, thank you. 

You would be so proud of our mommy. You would also be so proud at how well we are doing. We are getting bigger each day! But each day that goes by Mommy gets more and more sad. She says you are truly missing out on a triple blessing. But we think you already know each of us by name. And sometimes we even feel like you are here with us. We will continue working on convincing Mommy of that.

We can't wait to grow big and strong and hear more stories about how amazing you were. Next year, when we are one-year-olds, we will understand even more about where you are and why we can't give you presents and watch you blow out candles on a birthday cake.

But we love you. We feel you are a part of the three of us and we are trying to show that to mommy each and every day.

Mommy says something like, I love you to pieces, so we say, we love you to pieces. 

Happy 57th Birthday Grandma!