she's got a way about her

all day my memory has been returning to an experience i had in august 2009.

i was anxiously waiting to learn if there would be a positive or negative pregnancy test.

in this particular moment i just so happened to be driving alone in the car.

the song "she's got a way" by billy joel came on.

i began kind of humming along,

but the lyrics began to almost entangle me.

"she's got a way about her

i don't know what it is,

but i know that i can't live without her....

she's got a smile that heals me

i don't know what it is

but i have to laugh when she reveals me...

she comes to me when i'm feelin' down

inspires me without a sound

she touches me and i get turned around

she's got a way of showin'

how i make her feel

and i find the strength to keep on goin'

she's got a light around her

and everywhere she goes

a million dreams of love surround her

everywhere."

hearing this song in the exact way i did put my curiosity to rest.

i knew i was pregnant,

and i knew i was pregnant with maggie,

and i was quite certain our relationship would be like the one described in this song.

and it has been.

this baby already has such a special way about her.

her smile can always heal me and just about everyone else who sees her.

she's got a light around her,

and i know a million dreams of love surround her everywhere she goes.

this has always been her theme song.

it's one i sing to her often and have since the day i heard it in the car.

my continual birthday wish for this baby of mine is that this song will always be so fitting,

that she will always have that light in her eye

and the ability to lift others.

i know i don't want to ever have to live without her.

happy birthday, maggie.