..and a very special birthday....
(This re-post is for my beautiful daughter (whose birthday is November 13th) - I love you with all my heart - Happy Birthday!)
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Happy Birthday Marissa!
In Greek your name translates to ‘Sea Star’ or ‘Star of the Sea’. That is not why I picked that name. You will laugh if you ever read this – but I picked your name when I was 4 months along with you – I was watching the movie ‘Barry Lyndon’ and the actress Marissa Berenson caught my eye – she was lovely and I fell in love with her name. I then looked up the meaning – and since one of my favourite places to be was in Galveston on the Gulf of Mexico, so I thought the name was fitting.
Having you was the culmination of many months of tribulations. You did not come into this world easily (48 hours of DRY labour). I won’t go into all the gory details, nor will I write about all the tribulations experienced during my time of carrying you in my womb.
I will tell you that from the minute I knew you were inside of me/part of me that I fought for you – that I wanted you. I will tell you that you were long and gawky and you grew into a beautiful baby and a beautiful child. You were the apple of everyone’s eye. You were sweet and mischievous at the same time; Innocent yet knowing; Stubborn as a mule yet kind and loving.
I know you and I have had our moments. I know I worry about you and dwell on where you are in your life but deep down, like my mother knew of me, and her mother probably knew of her, I also KNOW you will survive – you are too scrappy and strong-willed to do anything else.
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For a 'Sea Star'
My lovely daughter was born 24 years ago today at 5:29 PM in Houston, TX.Happy Birthday Marissa!
In Greek your name translates to ‘Sea Star’ or ‘Star of the Sea’. That is not why I picked that name. You will laugh if you ever read this – but I picked your name when I was 4 months along with you – I was watching the movie ‘Barry Lyndon’ and the actress Marissa Berenson caught my eye – she was lovely and I fell in love with her name. I then looked up the meaning – and since one of my favourite places to be was in Galveston on the Gulf of Mexico, so I thought the name was fitting.
Having you was the culmination of many months of tribulations. You did not come into this world easily (48 hours of DRY labour). I won’t go into all the gory details, nor will I write about all the tribulations experienced during my time of carrying you in my womb.
I will tell you that from the minute I knew you were inside of me/part of me that I fought for you – that I wanted you. I will tell you that you were long and gawky and you grew into a beautiful baby and a beautiful child. You were the apple of everyone’s eye. You were sweet and mischievous at the same time; Innocent yet knowing; Stubborn as a mule yet kind and loving.
I know you and I have had our moments. I know I worry about you and dwell on where you are in your life but deep down, like my mother knew of me, and her mother probably knew of her, I also KNOW you will survive – you are too scrappy and strong-willed to do anything else.
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