Happy Birthday to my baby!!

Today my baby turns 14. She has completely entered the age of a teenager. But, funny thing. She is kind, thoughtful, sweet and has a warped sense of humor and a love of all things scary. I was trying to remember the day she was born. It's not like her sisters day, there were no life altering events for the rest of the world. But, funny thing, my third baby, she's the one that has managed to turn my world on it's ear. She is the one that brought about the need for a mini-van, bunk beds, the need to always have a little chocolate around and apples by the bushel.  She is the one that has the most non life threatening health issues. She has had her head put back together after an altercation with a door at a wedding. She has scraped and bruised every inch of her body and in a few weeks she will be my first to undergo surgery. I have been lucky that I have made it this far but I could go longer without this experience, really I could.  You see although her birthday is upon us, it is the impending surgery that keeps me awake at night. In a few weeks she will under go arthroscopic hip surgery to repair her damaged cartilage along with a couple of other things that, truthfully, I just don't know how to explain it without graphics. But, all of this considered she is also the one who when we went to the hospital last week to see my dying aunt, is the one child who with great diligence needed to say her goodbyes face to face. It was impressive and at the same time sad to see someone so young understand and grasp such a difficult situation. So today my baby turned 14. Happy Birthday Bug!