Getting to Know Laura

Yesterday for my daughter Laura's 29th birthday I posted a tribute to her.

I included pictures of her life; pictures that made me smile and rejoice in the years we have had together.

I celebrated her!

I wanted everyone to have a chance to get to know her.

Picasa/Blogger apparently didn't feel the same way...most all of the pictures that I posted about her disappeared.

Rather than attempt to re-post them, I am just going to link this post to a web album about Laura.

Click here to get to know Laura via a slide show.

You can also get to know her through reading her blog: It's Good To Be Me.
If you would like, drop on by her site and read how she celebrated her birthday.
Some celebration, wait till you see the pictures on her blog of her sky diving!

But if you are in a hurry...you can get a sense of who Laura is by listening to her theme song, entitled "Laura" from the movie of the same title.

Frank Sinatra sang the song "Laura"; at one time it was rather famous.

Occasionally when people meet my daughter, they start singing the song to her
She likes that.

But she has a favorite version of the song.

You can hear it played here.

Maybe one day Laura will dance to this song at her wedding.

It will be so like her, I'm sure everyone will cry with joy.

(Or something like that...)

It is a lovely song, just like Laura.

But if you don't listen all the way to the end...well, you will miss knowing the real Laura that I love.

Laura is a face in the misty light

Footsteps that you hear down the hall

The laugh that floats on a summer night

That you can never quite recall

And you see Laura on a train that is passing through

Those eyes how familiar they seem

She gave your very first kiss to you

That was Laura, but she's only a dream.

Happy Birthday Week Laura!