a little after the fact, but SO WHAT

my daughter gave me this wonderful gift...


mama,

as both daughter and friend
(and lucky for that)
this birthday i see you:
glowing at 45;
alive
and sometimes hurting, treading;
sometimes laughing;
smaller in your clothes;
still learning voraciously
and always as the woman i'd
choose
as mother and friend
at 45...57...72...96...