Shawn's mother has again and again shown an uncanny ability to find exactly the right greeting card, not just some generically poetic pablum, but cards that perfectly express deep, sincere emotions.

Here's what the one we received yesterday said:


Someday, he'll be a big-time movie star
     or a fifth-grade English teacher.

Someday, he'll marry, have a few kids
     Maybe he won't.

Someday, he'll change the world as we know it.
     or maybe he'll travel,
     send postcards from China,
     phone you from Paris.

Someday, he's going to be a big, strong man
     able to carry you in his arms.

One day, he'll have his own hopes and dreams,
not knowing that once upon a quiet time,
you closed your eyes
and made a wish
to one day
have him in your life.


Reading it made both of us cry. But in a good way.