“You know,” I said to Thalia, as I cuddled her in my lap last night, “this time four years ago you were still in my belly juuuust about ready to come out. I didn’t know you yet and I was so excited to meet you, especially because I wasn’t a mommy yet. And that’s partly why July 6 is so special to me – because I wasn’t a mommy yet until that day.”

“Right. You were just a womens.”

“I was just a womens.”

Happy birthday my beautiful girl. And thank you for transforming me from just a womens into something that’s pretty darn nice.