God Bless You As You Celebrate...

I have four friends celebrating birthdays today!A 70th, a 61st, a 50th, and a sweet young 30-something 💝Happy Birthday, Karen, Debbie, Kim and Paula!All of you have enriched my life immensely!Esp. in the past 5 mos. 🙏God bless you are you celebrate. God bless you as you celebrate the gift each birthday bringsAn opportunity to count the gifts we sometimes missFor life is full of cares crowding to cloud love's finer thingsCaught between hello hugs that lead to farewell's tender kiss God bless you as you celebrate each face-to-face delight Let a firm handshake steal your breath, let laughter make you cryWith joy and thankfulness for everybody you hold tightAnd never take for granted looking loved ones in the eye God bless you are you celebrate another year completeWhere highs and lows collect in settled dust of Past, surreal And Today, Happy Birthday, grants a milestone, bittersweetBecause no one can hold at bay, Time's hastening appeal  God bless you as you celebrate the give and take of loveAnd make the most of Here and Now, because we cannot seeHow near or far we are to where the Soul slips off its gloveAnd leaves behind the precious treasure of A Memory Love, from Janet And to all of us who have or will, Lord willing, celebrate a birthday this year! Author unknown for the poem below...