Happy Birthday, Amelia!

My oldest daughter, Amelia, was born at 10:11 a.m. on this day 22 years ago at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. Because we’re estranged, I don’t know where she is or what she’s doing now. I hope she’s healthy, though, and safe and loved and respected. I hope she has everything she needs and her future is still bright. I hope she knows I’ve never forgotten her and there’s always a place for her at our table and in my life. And I hope she has the happiest of birthdays.