Happy Birthday John!

No one says it better than Dr. Seuss:

"Today," laughs the bird "Eat whatever you want
Today no one tells you, you cawnt or you shawnt
And today, you don't have to be tidy or neat
If you wish, you may eat with both hands and both feet
So get in there and munch. Have a big munch-er-oo!
Today is your birthday! Today you are you!

If we didn't have birthdays, you wouldn't be you.
If you'd never been born, well then what would you do?
If you'd never been born, well then what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob! Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes!
Or worse than all that...Why, you might be a WASN'T!
A Wasn't has no fun at all. No, he doesn't.
A Wasn't just isn't. He just isn't present.

But you...You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant?
Then out of the water! Sing loud while you dry!
Sing loud "I am lucky!" Sing loud "I am I!"
If you'd never been born, then you might be an ISN'T!
And Isn't has no fun at all, no he disn't.
He never has birthdays, and that isn't pleasant.
You have to be born, or you don't get a present.

A present! A-ha!
Now what kind shall I give...?
Why, the kind you'll remember
As long as you live!

Today you are you! That is truer than true!
There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Shout loud "I am lucky to be what I am!
Thank goodness I'm not just a clam or a ham!
Or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam!
I am what I am! That's a great thing to be!
If I say so myself, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!"

So... Happy Birthday to you John!

I'm so lucky that your mom raised you the way she did

because without her you wouldn't be who you are!

Thanks to her I have an amazing husband!

Love You!