Until I met you, I never knew love.
Love which knows no bounds...
Love that would sacrifice all it holds dear
for your best interest.

Until I met you, I never knew joy.
Joy of knowing I would never again be truly alone...
Joy of having touched eternity
in the most beautiful way.

Until I met you, I never knew fear.
Fear of not always being able to make it better...
Fear of not always being there to catch you when you fall
and of someday having to let you go.

Having met you, I will never be the same
Once fearless, now cautious...
Once invincible, now vulnerable...
Once free, now happily bound for all time.

Bound by a love that transcends all others..
to you,
my beautiful child.

JoAnna Phillips
1997