Happy 50th Birthday Lisa!!!!

So this girl I met when she was only four months past her 18th birthday 

has somehow managed to squeeze in another thirty-two birthdays over the years and turns FIFTY today. 

That, of course, is ridiculous.  There's no way, my mind says, that Lisa has reached the half-century mark. 

It's all been the blink of an eye, and I wish we could do it all over again. 

She's been the best mother I could have hoped for for my children; a tireless advocate for me even on days she couldn't stand me; and my best friend for four decades. 

I love you very much and I hope you have the best birthday imaginable,  and fifty more to follow. 

Sto Lot Sinatra.