Susan Senator

This was Dad’s (and Mom’s) immediate response to my very teary poem in the previous post. And so, I find myself floating back upwards…

Dear Susan-
Please print this and add it to Nat’s birthday card:

Happy Birthday
Dear Nat
Happy Birthday sweet guy
Family man who
Like each of us
Has a part of the scene
Yours so great
And needs based

Your smile of comfort
Or razz
Shining through the day
At home at school
Sometimes anxious
You depend on
Love and support
Especially
From Mom and Dad
Their energy to hold you up
As needed/first basis
And the family’s creative pool to
Do what’s right for you
And so they do
In love

Priorities goals
Every year
Some ever present
Reading writing
Some new
Social skills communicating
Now it’s
Tell us what you think
What you feel
What you want
It’s so hard for us
To guess Natty Boy

We’ll work with you
At seventeen eighteen
Including whenever
And hope to crack
The wall that separates

Enjoy your birthday
And other pleasures too
Special Olympics
Cape Cod beaches
Baking cookies
Videos and reading
Walks and swimming
Playing catch
Chocolate and more….

Happy Birthday, dear grandson, Nat.
Love you,
Grandpa Mel
Grandma Shelly