Happy Birthday! Caty! Yea! Celebrate!

Happy Birthday! Caty!
(February 11, 2025! Yea! Celebrate!)
 
Another Amazing tally/count to a Fabulous-score!
A stroll-down-memory-lane, then add even more!
 
A warm 70’s-degree day Mom was ready to paint!
Darlin’ Baby-girl decided to be born, instead.
Daddy off to A & P to work-away-the-day.
Kermit called to say we had a beautiful brand new girl!
Catherine Elizabeth! Great-grandmother names repurposed.
“Yellow-blanket” and a red “Radio-flyer” wagon gifts!
Came home between classes to rock our little child.
Took convertible rides for “cheap” entertainment thrills.
Loved “Fury” with Joey and Pee Wee on television.
Loved horseys so we got Lady with tack when Caty was 4!
Ole Santa brought a “youth” saddle with bridle and pad.
That girl could ride “like-the-wind” by the time she was 5!
Dad let her ride alone and she got a broken collar bone!
Taught her to bluegill-fish on a warm February day.
Beth caught “22” while Dad scored “0” at ole Fox Lake!
Played games! Told stories! Traveled! Had tons-of-Fun!
Spent a fortune on “Little golden” books and read them all!
Mom soon knew each one by heart! “Listen hear the whistle blow”!
Sophisticated! Gorgeous! “Brush! Step! Ball! Chain1!” Dance!
Asride Lady-Belle she chased the neighbor man onto his patio!
Rescued an old “Teddy-bear” from the Good-will dumpster!
Built a new home with view and very Cool swimming pool!
Loved new sister, Rachel Rebecca! Becky-girl! Amazing!
Pets! Galore! Puppy-dogs! Kitty-cats! The horse-herd grew!
Lady! Commander! Midget! Little-Lady! Beau! April! Ara! More!
An Intellectual-Star in school! Dad had never gotten a single “A”!?
“Straight-A” Cardinal ball-tickets for both genius Caty & Becky!
Played softball! Coached! Drove Dad’s pick-up truck by age “12”!
Mowed “acres” of yard-lawn and helped with myriad farm chores!
Took “Journalism” college courses and managed to get a “by-line”!
Horses! Saddles! Bikes! T-top sports-cars! Picnics! Fashions! More!
“1^st”-of-2 Best gifts: Handsome Z. Tyler! 2^nd-of-the-duo: Gorgeous Lexi!
Willamette Law-school! Vanderbilt!---A Barrister!...Success! So Proud!
Illinois!-to-Pacific-Oregon!-to-Papa’s Nashville, Tennessee-to-home.
Our Best! even Better!---Gabriella Leigh! Asher Cade!...Love-celebration!
With---All!...Graig! Jennifer! Alex! Professor-Lauren! Ph.D. Annie Rie!
Love! & Appreciation!---Perfect!-practiced!...Amen!
Golden sunshine comfort days and alabaster pale full moon shadow nights!
We’ve seen and touched and been and forever shall future be adventure sights!

Beauty! Daughter! Wife! Mother! Lawyer! Perfect-Lady!

Best: Gabriella & Asher loving call of "Grandma Caty"!

Happy Birthday! “Grandma” Caty!  Thank you! Love, Mom & Papa