Birthday Memory - the Secret Revealed
It was her birthday back in 'ninety-nine...
our married daughter, thirty-eight years old.
Her husband planned a party at their home.
Above the table, floated blue balloons.
Out came the lovely birthday cake dessert.
Her husband held it up for us to see,
while daughter glanced around so mystified.
As we approved her pretty cake, she cried,
"Please, someone read the words on that darn cake!"
Presumed, was 'Happy Birthday' written there.
Oh! 'Lynn's Having A Baby' instead, it said!
That joyous memory with us will stay.
So long they'd waited for a child to come;
our precious, now sixteen years old, grandson.
Sandra M. Haight
~4th Place~
Contest: A Special Secret
Sponsor: Lewis Raynes
Judged: 12/13/2017
~2nd Place~
Contest: Combination of Three Words
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Judged: 01/03/2016
Required Words: Dessert, Memory, Balloons
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True Story...See Real Cake Above
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