Angel’s first birthday,<\/p>\n
My excited daughters decorate the terrace,<\/p>\n
with crude hand-made posters and scraps of paper,<\/p>\n
and a colorful paper cake painted with care.<\/p>\n
They hand out tiny invitations<\/p>\n
‘Be ready – it is going to be awesome!’<\/p>\n
They spend hours preparing for their make-believe party,<\/p>\n
A couple of jubilant, chattering monkeys!<\/p>\n
6 o’ clock – IT’S PARTY TIME!<\/p>\n
Two tiny girls drag every member<\/p>\n
old and young to the top,<\/p>\n
They all come – all of them,<\/p>\n
and everyone cheers when the girls blow the candle,<\/p>\n
Enthusiastic claps follow along with a joyful singing of the ‘Happy Birthday’ song,<\/p>\n
Then they all pretend to gobble the pretend cake,<\/p>\n
And give Angel a kiss, gently passing her around,<\/p>\n
Just for seeing the girls’ faces light up,<\/p>\n
who are now giggling and trying to act in charge,<\/p>\n
We even play games, ‘It’s a party after all!’<\/p>\n
and then, comes my favorite part.<\/p>\n
Angel, a palm sized pink stuffed toy,<\/p>\n
Sits in the center while eleven adults dance around her,<\/p>\n
No cynics, no eye-rolls, no ‘lets get this over with,’ remarks,<\/p>\n
Just a lot of warmth and love galore.<\/p>\n
This is family.<\/p>\n
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