Happy Birthday, Tyler Lee, my son and first born, and Holly Ann, my daughter, and second born.  The day you were born was the best day of my life.

I miss your smiling faces and sweet souls.  I am your mother and we are a family.  I am sorry that distance separates us.  It should not.  You should be here in my arms.  You are in my heart and soul every minute of every day.  You are my precious children, my beloved twins. 

I dreamed of you for years before you were even conceived.  Holly Ann, you have your mother's fighting spirit, and Tyler Lee, you are a sensitive and loving boy.  I know your emotions, your feelings, and your spirit, as you know mine.  After all, for nine months we were one.  The three of us were a cozy package and we bonded and loved each other.  A mother and her precious twins.

The day you were born was the best day of my life. I miss your smiling faces and sweet souls. I am your mother and we are a family.

Distance separates us but it should not be this way. God made us a family and that will never change. Today, I received many phone calls from friends of mine who love you. 

Your rooms are ready for you in our house together. Holly, your theme is the beach - beach balls, the ocean, and the surf. Tyler, your theme is things that live in the water - sea turtles, frogs and fish. I have a son and a daughter.  God blessed me.

Your books and toys are here.  Remember how when you arrived at our apartment in North Carolina, you ran to your playroom as soon as the front door opened?  You love your toys.  There are gifts and toys and cards waiting for you here. 

History cannot be rewritten.  The truth is that you grew from a tiny ball of cells into beautiful babies in my tummy.  I felt you move and you kick and stretch.  Holly, you stretched so hard my ribs a ached and Tyler you would do this little dance in my tummy.

I carried you for 37 weeks and prayed every day that you would be born healthy.  And you were, you did even need to stay at the neonatal intensive care unit.  You were the tiniest babies in the nursery.  We placed you together in the same bassinet and you were happy being side by side. 

We have a bond that can never be broken.  I am your loving mother dedicated to you, your happiness, to the reunification of our family, to the end of the evil forces that have separated us, and to your future. 

You are my beautiful angels.

Love,

Mommy