My Birthday Wish
was created especially for

Emily Marie Knox

Happy 4th Birthday, Emily!

With all our love,
Grandma Mary & Grandpa Tim

August 23, 2006

Emily awoke on August 23rd,
And shook the dreams from her head.
"Today is my favorite day of the year.
Today is my birthday!" she said.

Her family came in and said with a grin,
"We know what we should do.
We should have a great big party,
A party just for you."

So Emily made a list of all her friends,
Inviting them to come.
They brought over gifts,
And played lots of games,
And everyone was having fun.

Then it was time for the birthday cake,
And Kayla, Jamie, and Stephanie began to shout.
"Hey Emily, make a wish,
Take a deep breath,
And blow all the candles out."

So Emily closed her eyes
and thought to herself, "Which wish is right for me?
There are so many wishes from which to choose,
I wish I could wish for three.

But from all the things, that I’ve been told,
that’s not the way it’s done.
So I’ll go through my favorite wishes,
and try to pick just one."

"Maybe I’ll wish to be an astronaut,
Who flies a rocket to Mars.
I’ll go in search of unknown worlds,
And sail among the stars."

"Or maybe I’ll wish to have a pony,
That lives on a Fort Worth, Texas farm.
He could run in the fields during the day, then at night he could sleep in the barn."

"But what if the wish that I did choose,
was to be a movie star?
My face could be seen,
On the big picture screen,
And Emily Knox would be
Known near and far.

"Maybe I’ll wish to be an explorer,
Who travels to lands untold.
There I would find caves and mines,
Filled with silver and gold."

"To be a veterinarian,
Is the one that I should pick.
I could heal little kittens,
And great big dogs,
Or anything else that was sick."

Then suddenly Kayla, Jamie, and Stephanie said,
"How long are you going to take?
Hurry up and make your wish Emily,
We're ready to eat some cake."

Emily took a deep breath,
then blew really hard,
And all of the candles went out. Then with big grins,
all of her friends, began to cheer and shout.

And as the cake was passed around,
Kayla, Jamie, and Stephanie leaned over to ask,
"What was the wish that you finally picked? We know it was a difficult task."

Everyone turned to look at Emily,
she felt her cheeks turn red.
she slowly cleared her throat,
And the stood up and said…

"Although it took a little time,
it was easier than I had guessed.
I know the final wish I wished, was better than all the rest."

"I wished to be just where I am,
Right here with all of you,
And when I opened up my eyes,
I saw it had come true."

"And in that wish I also wished,
Just to be myself.
Not to be an astronaut,
Or a movie star with wealth."

"Because, you see, all those things
Could still come true in time,
But for today I have to say,
I like Emily Knox just fine."