Before the very beginning,
\nwhen stars were born.
\nBefore clocks measured time.
\nYou were there.
\nAlready conceived.
\nBefore mammoths roamed the world.
\nGlaciers spread their hands
\nand scoured the earth.
\nBefore the moon fell above us
\nand pulled the tides,
\nand cast its silver light
\non the sea.<\/p>\n
Catherine, nothing happens
\nwithout its miracle.
\nWithout each thread in the skein
\nof existence, fashioning
\nwhat you are.
\nNothing like you is by chance.
\nNothing like you
\nis without joy and sorrow,
\nlife and death,
\nlove coming into time and saying,
\nit is time.
\nAnd so it is.<\/p>\n
Love made you.
\nLove caused you.
\nLove has been with you,
\nto this very day.
\nAnd from the first to the last,
\nnothing will take love away.
\nLove\u2019s blessing.
\nOur blessing around you.
\nSinging happy birthday to you.
\nTo Catherine,
\nalways our love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Before the very beginning, when stars were born. Before clocks measured time. You were there. Already conceived. Before mammoths roamed the world. Glaciers spread their…<\/p>\n