Happy birthday my darling boy

My firstborn, whom I’ve loved with my whole entire soul and being long before this life and will love far beyond it, turns 34 today. He and his sweetheart happen to be at a wedding in Rhode Island on this birthday, one of his former housemates from junior year, when he lived with three women from his college track team. This is the fifth wedding he and his wife have attended this year I believe, their round of nuptials continues. My daughter in law sent me a photo, noting that with so many weddings on their dance card, she’s decided to simplify her life by wearing the same dress if the invitation list doesn’t overlap. Girl after my own heart, I thought. “Wise woman!” I texted her. I love that I can count on her to send me a picture of them all spruced up in different parts of the country or the world, when they travel celebrate the union of their friends. Happy birthday, my sweet boy. You and I may clash wills sometimes, though mercifully less lately, but you clearly know how to be a friend, as so many people from past eras and areas of your life continue to hold you close, and want to present on their special day.