Happy Birthday, Jessica

Jessica: I was camping/hiking on your birthday, these were for you.

Happy birthday, baby girl.  I will always love you.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

I Love You Jessica

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You could be happy and I won't know,

But you weren't happy the day I watched you go…

…Do the things that you always wanted to,

Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do…

…More than anything I want to see you, girl, 

Take a glorious bite out of the whole world.

-partial lyrics "You Could Be Happy", Snow Patrol

Happy Birthday Jessica

Happy Birthday Sis. We love you.

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"To Show You My Love"
by Mike Schmid

I wanted to write you a song
A song you could sing forever
And I wanted to rhyme
And to bend phrase and time
Into something clever
But you deserve something better

If I could make all the mountains spell your name
And all the old streetcars dance in the rain
And promise to hold you for all my days
It wouldn't be enough
To show you my love

I wanted to write you a verse
Of all of the things that I love in you
Of your beautiful smile
And the truth in your eyes
And the way you always knew
That you deserved something better

If I could make all the mountains spell your name
And all the old streetcars dance in the rain
And promise to hold you for all my days
It wouldn't be enough
To show you my love

And when I'm ugly
I know you love me
And you know all of me
And I wouldn't wish that on anyone

If I could make all the mountains spell your name
And all the old streetcars dance in the rain
And promise to hold you for all my days
It wouldn't be enough
To show you my love

Happy Birthday Jessica

Happy Birthday Sis, I hope your day is wonderful. I love you.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

Happy Birthday Jessica

There’s a ship out on the ocean,
At the mercy of the sea.
It’s been tossed about,
Lost and broken,
Wandering aimlessly.
And God somehow you know,
That ship is me.


‘Cause there’s a lighthouse,
In a harbor,
Shining faithfully.
Pouring its light out,
Across the water.
For this sinking soul to see,
That someone out there still believes in me.


On a prayer,
In a song,
I hear your voice,
And it keeps me hanging on.
Oh, raining down, against the wind.
I’m reaching out,
‘Till we reach the circle’s end.
When you come back to me again.


There’s a moment,
That we all come to.
In our own time and in our own space.
Where all that we’ve done,
We can undo,
If our hearts’ in the right place.


On a prayer,
In a song,
I hear your voice,
And it keeps me hanging on.
Oh, raining down, against the wind.
I’m reaching out,
‘Till we reach the circle’s end.
And you come back to me again.


And again I see,
My yesterday’s in front of me,
Unfolding like a mystery.
You’re changing all that is and used to be.


On a prayer,
In a song,
I hear your voice,
And it keeps me hanging on.
Oh, raining down, against the wind.
I’m reaching out,
‘Till we reach the circle’s end.
When you come back to me again.


When you come back to me again.


Happy Birthday My Sweet Love.

"When You Come Back To Me Again"
song artist Garth Brooks


"Cheesy Jessica", age 1, Summer of 1998, Hawthorne, Nevada

When you were One,
I remember:
how soft your hair was
how big and gray your eyes were
your sweet toddler scent
that week you would only eat cheese and bananas
how you liked to dance, and twirl your skirt
and how much you cherished your brother.

Happy Birthday Sis. You are loved.