today is...

 

Today she turns 21...

21 years and about 2 1/2 hours ago,

I first met her,

when the doctor urged me to cut the umbilical cord...

which I did, rather clumsily...

as the tears in my eyes did not quite let me see what I was doing...

Her aunt brought her a velcro ribbon to put in her hair, 

as she didn't have enough to put any other kind in...

She was small, and lovely, and she smiled alot...

She is a father's dream, really...

I call her Tootsie...

She is an adult, everywhere now...

I will always love her, and remember when...

I held her for the first time, and she fell asleep on my chest...

And nothing, nothing, could have been more perfect...

Happy Birthday Mel... thanks for letting me wear the title of dad...