To My Son Johnny

I see the man you have become and I am proud beyond words.

From the first time I saw you,

you enchanted my soul and conquered my heart.

It has been a great privilege to be your mother:

Through all my days you have been a true gift, a perfect miracle I was allowed to hold,

I see you as a star traveling in the endless sky that abides in my heart;

a constellation where stars inhabit, play and twinkle eternally. You are the brightest among them.

Son of my dreams. I love you. I love you dazingly.

it's impossible to quantify how much so.

Do you remember the lullabies I sang to you as a child, the tender moments when I taught you how to sing? In reality, it was you who taught me a new song. You brought music into my life. Your innocent smile taught my soul how to dance and fly.

Those days are gone, but so much more is still to come.

And yet one thing remains the same: In my journey, you are my reason, my never forgotten vision, a priceless treasure sent from heaven above,

You hold within you a vast veil of questions. Some will be answered, Some will not. Life holds secrets which will be revealed to you along the way. But a mystery will remain.

Your soul will be forever beautiful, distractedly alert as it goes beyond, crossing horizons and galaxies.

In you there is poetry, a pure soul, an eternal search. You are infinite.

The Son of my youth, a Friend in whom I count.

And you are loved to the end of times.

It is a simple truth that you can hold true.

And it is as certain as the sun will always shine, love of mine!