Happy Birthday, Lynda...

It's hard to believe that you would be 44 today.  Of course, it's even more difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that you have been in heaven for two years now.  In my heart you will always be my little girl who never grew up.  My "forever" child who would always keep the innocence of a child even as the years changed your body into that of an adult.

God blessed us with your presence and we always knew you were a gift.  We never took your time here with us for granted because we always knew your life was fragile.  Yet, God had plans for you that even we could not imagine the magnitude that those plans entailed.  We will never truly understand all of His purposes until we too are on the other side of heaven.  For this we are sure.  God made you perfect and shared you with us on this earth for many wonderful years.  To many you were just a child with severe disabilities but to those who knew and loved you...you were an inspiration and a joy.

I know you are celebrating in heaven on this day and all of the days that spread into eternity.  Angels join in the singing and I suspect there is clapping as the day of your birth on earth is honored in the heavenly realm.  My heart is filled with love as I remember your many birthdays here with me.  I cannot wait to join you in heaven to hear your sweet voice and talk with you in a way I have never been able to before.   Happy Birthday, Lynda!