Ahem… ahem…! …

“Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,

Happy birthday… Happy birthday,

Happy birthday to ME!!!”

You know the feeling you get when a good number of your friends call or text you at the stroke of midnight to greet you a happy birthday? Makes you realize how many people have not forgotten about your special day… thus, giving you that certain warmth inside… a certain sense of assurance and security that you are loved by many.

But nothing beats the kind of feeling you get when… at the stroke of midnight, your wife and your kids come into the room to hug and kiss you… and greet you a very happy birthday. No birthday present could ever equal that! Any parent would know.

Aileen, Ralph & Ella… you guys are the best! You are the greatest gifts God has given me and everday I find more and more reasons why my life is so wonderful by just looking into your eyes. I look forward not to the many birthdays that I have ahead of me but to all the years that I wish could have to be able play with my kids… to love them, watch them and guide them to grow-up into the responsible adults they should be. I pray to the Lord, that He may give me good health… that I may be able to grow old with my wife… and that I may show her everyday of our lives how much she means to me… that I may show God how much I treasure these 3 wonderful gifts that He has blessed me with.