Miss M is 9

A unique 9th birthday
For a unique year
For a unique
And wonderful
And special
And funny
And loving
Little girl
Whom I love with all my heart.

Sunday was the unique birthday party.
Me
Ms. O
Miss M
And their mom.
Junie B. Jones Jingle Bells, Batman Smells play
At Arizona Child's Play in downtown Tempe
Followed by opening most of her gifts from me
Outside at the local park
And then
Oregano's
(With birthday hats, napkins, and noise makers in tow)
For dinner with
Of course
Her free birthday pizza cookie.
(It's the first place she and I went out for dinner the day she came to live with me back in July.)

Then this morning,
The actual birthday,
I decorated the kitchen table
And put up a birthday signed
And had her open up three remaining gifts
And she was ecstatic.
Then at lunch
I ran over to her school
And surprised her with Taco Bell for lunch
(Like I saw parents do for all of my ten years teaching there!)
And then tonight we went out to Red Robin
And they sang Happy Birthday to her
Loudly
Obnoxiously
And she grinned from ear to ear.

I don't know how many more months
Miss M and Ms. O
Will be with me
But they have both forever changed my life
And
Miss M
Will always be my
First foster daughter
And
I can't thank God enough for her blessing in my life.
She's changed me
For the better
She's challenged me
For my growth
She's attached to me
For my life
And
I am so blessed to call her my
Special Daughter.
My Sunshine Girl.

I love you, Miss M.