Happy Birthday Patrick

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY PATRICK JAMES!!!

Oh Patrick how you have grown. You have brought so much laughter and joy into our lives. but you have done more than that. You have taught us about strength and courage, you have taught us what being brave really means.

When life handed you something difficult, you only knew one thing to do...... Fight.... You fought because you didn't know that there was another option. You survived because that is what you were supposed to do. Your smile and laughter kept US going through it all.

Patrick your courage has helped me get through so many days in my life. Any day I think I cannot get through something, when I need to run or ride  just one more mile, I think of you. I think of what you went through, I think of what you endured. I see your smiling face.

Nothing has been easy for you, yet you seem to not know that. it seems to not matter to you.

Dearest Patrick you have given me so much. You have taught me to work harder, you have encouraged me to give back to others.

Some day, I hope you understand what you have given to our family, I hope that you will see the warmth that has been spread throughout this country because of you, I hope that you will see the feats of strength that others have accomplished in your name.

Being humble will not be easy, but I hope that if we can give you any gift, it is the gift to understand how to give back to others and pay it forward.

All my love to you on your 5th birthday Patrick James.

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