Dearest Erika,
Happy Birthday!
You are the first person that I have witnessed time passing by with every birthday you celebrated. I was old enough to really appreciate you being born, but young enough to get into the mix with you. I was in High School when you were born and here you are graduating this year and going off to college.
These past 17 years have been so amazing because I have had the privilege of knowing you. You are such an amazing young woman, with an amazing heart and soul. I have enjoyed so much of our time together, and I look forward to getting to know the young woman you will become in the coming years.
You are and always will be my girl.
We love you.
Barbara, Craig, Dagny, Agi Mama, Maxie, and Lily
Happy Birthday! Hope your day is as lovely as you are 🙂