Our daughter, Michelle, gets annoyed when I write about her, even when I write nice things like, for instance, how she's the world's greatest squirrel wrangler, or wranglette (I'm never sure) so I expect she'll be less than happily surprised I'm mentioning her today. But in my defense, I had no choice.
Michelle, who explains to people she has 'my father's wit and my mother's charm' has a birthday all of her own today. I cannot believe my itty-bit is an adult but she is and in hindsight, I'm thinking maybe she was born an adult intellectually and just grew into the size of one.
I can tell you we were NOT big fans of project day when one of us was enrolled in Buckingham School's Integrated Day Program. The teacher would videotape each child's presentation and the Q & A afterward at which time Michelle's mother and I would take turns sitting in stunned silence as she departed from her carefully rehearsed script and descended into participatory educational chaos. On more than one occasion, I'm pretty sure I saw Conrad's Mister Kurtz, but it was awfully dark.
Michelle has a quiet intensity about her that can take you by surprise. She is in many respects, most especially intellectually and emotionally, a quiet riot and amazingly confident in her own judgments, actions, and decisions. She may be wrong, but she is never in doubt.
She has a myriad of attributes and strengths from both the Schubert lineage as well as the Kenny clan but she is far more than the sum of her genetic inheritance or philosophic leanings and her character and intellect are very much her own. She celebrates her birthday today with the love of her life, Kyle, and you'd be well advised to join in if you can or be prepared to explain why you didn't.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
-dad
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Happy Birthday 🎂
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