Happy Birthday to my first baby

My son Christopher as a newborn
blue ink on bond paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Barbara Muir

For a mother the first moments, and first day of her baby's life stays

vividly in her brain and heart for good.  This is my firstborn's

birthday, and I'm happy that he is not here in the city heat, but

up in the country by a clean lake with his family.  

We had a lovely talk today, and that was wonderful.  I had

to teach, so couldn't have done the cake, and stack of presents

thing anyway.  But it was really strange not to be there to see

him blow some candles out, to have a meal together.

All of that will happen when the vacation is over, and he comes

back to Toronto.  In the meantime we sang Happy Birthday, and

thought about our baby -- now a wonderful, kind, grown up,

talented, happy man -- all day.  

Happiest of birthdays Christopher.