In just a few days, my precious little dancer, Samantha, will be celebrating her 12th birthday. Unfortunately, I will preparing to depart from Columbia, South America, and I will necessarily have to miss her big day. That said, I thought you might like to know a little about our wonderful little gem and join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday! A little more than 4 years after Amber came to us, we would welcome Samantha (A.K.A.Flame Girl) Rizzi into our lives. Thinking of ourselves as seasoned pros in terms of parenting, we were fully prepared to bring this adorable little bundle of joy into our fold until, metaphorically speaking, Samantha Flame Girl Rizzi would knock down the proverbial front door and scream at the top of her lungswake up everybody, its party time! The serene, meditative home we molded in our first years of parenthood, would be instantly transformed into Great Adventure! With the speed and agility of a finely tuned athlete, Flame Girl would size up any situation, overcome any obstacles, and single-handedly destroy anything in her path! Of course, as time marched on, her impish, delightfully mischevious motus operandi would transform. She would mature....she would acquire a taste for the finer things in life, and she would develop a masterful vocabulary, spearheaded by the words: I want.... She would assume the persona of a savvy and astute retail icon! She would adopt a profoundly religious fortitude, and she would devoutly worship the infamous shoe goddess Imelda Marcos. Her quest to possess every Ug ever made would be marked by relentless, rigorous, and determined interrogation and brainwashing tactics that would be the envy the most formidable CIA agent! Could it stop at shoes? Could her incessant need to amass things stop at shoes! Never!! Her vocabulary would grow to include the words I need! She would stay the course......she would methodically conquer her obsession to have everything on television, and she would proudly march on to today, her 12th birthday with her head held high.......her little feet comfortably nestled in bright blue $150 Ugs, and her $5,000 multicolored braces gleaming through that all knowing, Cheshire Cat grin on her shiny little face! Today she arrives at age 12, just one short year away from the golden ring...just one short year away from the ultimate battleground, the final frontier that has instilled the fear of God into every parent since the beginning of mankind! Today she will begin to count the days to that long awaited, and supremely coveted title: TEENAGER!!! Most importantly, today, we honor the whimsical, comedic little cherub that walked into our lives 12 years ago and completed our family. You opened the windows and doors of our lives, and let in the fresh, fragrant air of a brand new summer day! You gave us all the strength to heal wounds that were deep and painful, and you infused our family with a newfound spirit and energy that finally made us whole. Step out of the shadow and stake your claim my little one......know without reservation that I will love you with every ounce of my being until the end of time! Happy Birthday Samantha!
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:20:36 +0000