If you are a hard-laughing, kid loving, book reader, today is your day.

If you stand tall and speak firmly though tears may fall, today is your day.

If you defend your family fiercely, today is your day.

If you have faced adversity and carried on, today is your day.

If you are always absolutely and indubitably yourself, today is your day.

Happy Birthday to the Wise and Wonderful Betty Gray. In your honor, I celebrate you and all the funny, strong, wise, irrepressible, intelligent, caring, WONDERFUL women I know.