Happy Birthday, Mimi!

I wish that everyone had a mother like I do. She taught me the most valuable lesson of my life: unconditional love. This is so incredibly vital and so hard to do in real life. She taught me to be curious, tolerant, respectful, not to follow the crowd. She taught me that life wasn't always fair, but that with quiet patience and strength, even the unfair things could have an element of beauty. She is a pushover for little black labs who put their head on her leg. She loves to play canasta with her grand-daughters. She is an absolutely ruthless Monopoly player. She walks steadily and enduringly with her Lord. She is Dear Abby. She is fearless. She is wonderful. I love her with all my heart.
Happy birthday, mother of ours.