Ten
In a little less than 24 hours, a full decade will have passed since an amazing human crash-landed into my life.
Of her 9 pounds 12 ounces, I think 8 pounds was heart.
She was and is the kindest person I know. We often talk about how her heart is too big, and how it leads her to seeing the world a little differently than other people.
It's an interesting combination, that giant heart built into the youngest grandma ever. Alexis is cautious yet wise. She's sweet yet cunning. She's crazy smart and just plain crazy. And, best of all, she knows that all of those things are what make her fantastic.
She's never lacking for a reason to be positive. She's always finding ways around problems. She's great at determining compromises. Alexis is just plain a good person.
And she's my person. I mean, I have to share her with a lot of other people, but when darkness falls and the night is heavy, I'm the person she finds. She's the person I find.
Happy 10th birthday, Alexis. Thanks for being you.
(I'm going to tell Alexis to read this post sometime this week. Maybe wish her a happy day in comments where she will see them?)
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Reader Comments (44)
Happy birthday, Alexis! Ten is the most fantastical year. I hope this is the best year yet!
Happy birthday Alexis! I say a boom-chicka-boom! Hope you have a fantastic day!
Happy birthday, Alexis! Welcome to double digits!
Happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday Alexis! From Juliana, Ruslan and Wyatt. We love you!
Happy Birthday Alexis!
Welcome to double digits. It's a milestone.
But don't make your mom feel too old! :)
We've loved watching you grow up via your mom...but you know, you can slow down any time now! I bet mom would appreciate it!
Happy Birthday Alexis. I have followed this blog for six years now and I can't believe how much you have changed and grown over the years. Have a fantastic day.
Birthday wishes from South Africa.
Happy 10th Birthday Alexis! Hope you have an awesome day!
Best wishes from North Carolina
Happy Birthday, Alexis!
Hope you have the best special day ever!
Keep smiling that awesome smile that you have!!!
Follower from Butler
Happy birthday Alexis!!! 10 is such a special year :) Have a great day, I know your mom will make it special!
Happy happy happy birthday, Alexis!
DOUBLE DIGITS!!! If ever there was a situation deserving of all the !!!!!! I'd say this is it. HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY, ALEXIS :) I hope your birthday week is half as amazing as you are!!!!
Alexis, we may never meet, but know that you and your mom inspire me pretty much every day! Ten is awesome! Happy Birthday!
Happiest of birthdays, Alexis!!! Double digits is really super exciting!! Enjoy your day!!
Happy birthday Alexis!
Happy birthday, Alexis! Only one more year until you get your Hogwarts letter!
Happy double digits!
Happy Birthday Alexis! You are a super awesome person and I'm glad to know you!
Happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday Alexis! Hope it is a year filled with more sparkles than you can imagine!!!!
Happy, Happy, HAPPY Birthday Alexis! We hope that 10 is your best year yet!
Happy birthday, Alexis!!
Hello from Texas, Alexis!
Happy, happy birthday and I hope that ten is your most fabulous year ever!!
happy, happy birthday!!
oh my dear sweet alexis, i am so thankful that you were born. the world is better because you are in it.
you always make me smile. you are the best big sister that ever big sistered. you are thoughtful. you are kind. you are all around a phenomenal person.
hope your birthday is magical!!!!
Happy Birthday Alexis!! Keep being amazing! :)
Happiest of Birthdays, Alexis! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday, from Baltimore Maryland!
Happy Birthday, Alexis! I hope you have a great birthday, a great week, and great time being 10!
Happy, happy birthday, sweet Alexis! Hope it is a wonderful day and an even more wonderful year! Your kindness, heart, and joy are powerful and infectious, use them well! Sending love and good wishes!
Happiest of Birthdays, Alexis! I hope ten is AWESOME. Rock it! :)
Happiest of Birthdays Alexis!!!!
Wow! Alexis, you have just finished living an entire decade. You have had such a wonderful story so far, and I hope the next decade is just as great. Thanks to your mom for sharing your adventures--I've really enjoyed rooting for you and smiling with you all the way in rural Michigan. Cheers to you!
Alexis, many happy returns of the day!
Your mom is a beautiful writer, one who makes us all feel like we know you, and you are a beautiful soul. Wishing you all the best, on your birthday and always!
throws glitter
Happy double digits day Alexis!! Happy birthday !!
Happy birthday, Alexis! I may not have ever met you or your mom (interwebs FTW!), but I have enjoyed her beautiful, honest and heartfelt stories about you for years. You have become such a lovely girl inside and out and I know you make her endlessly proud! I hope you have a great birthday and that Ten is the best age yet :) @akuipers
Happy Birthday Alexis I hope it's a magical year for you.
Happy Birthday Alexis! I only know you through your Mom's blog but I adore your spirit and have greatly enjoyed watching you blossom and grow. Wishing you an amazing year filled with love, joy, creativity and a few surprises too. ♡♡♡
hugs from New Jersey
Happy happy birthday, Alexis! Stay happy, healthy and blessed always... Sending lots of love and good wishes from India!
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Alexis!
I'd tell you how awesome I think you are, but others have done so far better than I could.
Happy Birthday Alexis! here's to the big 1-0!
Alexis,
Happy Birthday. I have to tell you that your adventures have inspired many of my adventures with my daughter and your brightness inspires a GOOD time all the time. Carry on, be you, light it up.
Thoughtfully,
Cass
Whoa, Alexis is 10?? Happy Birthday Alexis!!!! You are turning into a truly awesome person, the type we desperately need more of in this world!! So glad you exist!
Happy Birthday! Thanks for being a great person, loving big sister and the best daughter for your parents. Aunt Teresa
Happy birthday!! Hope it's the best year yet!