Birthday

Returning to our house, our home

I am filled with your presence 

In everything.

In everything I recognize your empathy

Your courage and your

Giving.

How much you have given,

And how much your gifts are that.

To so many of us: gifts -

To be acknowledged, cherished, and incorporated into our being.

On this day, all of us who know you

Are reminded of what a gift

your existence is.