Dear Sweet Amon,

Happy birthday my son.  Today is February 3 and you are 2.  It seems like yesterday I was waiting for your birth in the room next to your Mom and Jo, which you were being delivered.  It was an exciting and happy day.

I love you with all my heart and celebrate this day with you.  It was the day I became your father, making me the luckiest man.   I am thrilled you are here and can’t wait to see the rest of your life unfold.   It is going to be a grand adventure.  We will learn a lot from each other, undoubtedly.   And good or bad, it’s all a gift.

So here’s to two, and ten and twenty and fifty.   I hope to be here for them all.  But even on the days I am not with you in person, I am still with you everyday my son.  One day, if you become a father, you will understand what that means.  A child never leaves your heart for one second.   As I shared with you this fall; I may leave, but I will always come back to you my child.

Happy birthday.

Love, Your Daddy