Happy birthday!
Audrey Ann Kleiss Boerger
You don’t know me yet…not really anyway. You might recognize some of the weird speech patterns I have from the moments I talked to you while you were growing and developing. But the voice probably sounds different. Certainly different seeing that you’re no longer swimming in a small bath of amniotic fluid and safely snuggled in your mother’s womb.
You will get to know me as I’ll be spending my time trying to guide you through life and answer the questions you’ll have. Hopefully you won’t find me dull. For my part, I want to be a good father to you and a good husband to your mother. I’m far from perfect, but I want to do the best I can for you. I can guarantee there will be a time where you find your father either old, dumb or hopelessly outdated. Beyond those times, I will do my very best so you will find your father kind, loving, generous and understanding.
Not even an hour old...
There’s so much to show you and help you experience. There are some times you won’t like me very much. I know that we want to the best for you and sometimes that means that we have to say no and not let you do everything that may come to your mind. The trade-off for this is probably not apparent right away, but we both hope that someday in the future, you might look fondly upon the choices we made with you.
I’m really excited about these years in front of us! I’m considering all of the things I’ve learned that I can pass on. I can’t wait to share music I like, stories I find fascinating, places we love to go to, things we love to do. I can’t wait for the times I get to cook you your favorite meal, or going camping in northern Minnesota, or speaking a few words in German, or just kicking back and enjoying a fire in the stove while we both read a book and listen to good music. Even though I know there will be a day where you consider my music to be “old” and will look for opportunity to stretch out and test those boundaries we’ve set, those moments where you stretch and assert yourself, be your own person with hopes and dreams and desires…those moments will be very precious to us.
Swaddled
I will also try to stay realistic. I will try to temper my own desires for you because I know that you will find your own way. I need to realize that beyond my expectations are things that you will do that will amaze me and make me very proud.
Above all of this, I hope that throughout our lives that we can talk to each other, joke around with each other and stay close. As I’ve said to you each night as you were not yet born, we love you very much. Our future together is going to be quite the ride.
Audrey and Melanie
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