667. Happy Birthday to Oakley!

Today is my little sister Oakley’s birthday. I was emerald green with envy growing up that she had the coolest day on the planet (Valentine’s) to rightly claim as her special day. Her birthday was always an explosion of hearts, cherubs, candy, stickers, and everything glittery, cutesy, little-girl good. As an adult, I scour the Hallmark racks looking for a Valentine’s birthday card, because they are difficult to find. Not utterly impossible, but usually buried on the side somewhere, next to such “non-specific” top-sellers as “Congratulations on your triplets!” or “Happy 19th Anniversary!” and “Wishing you a speedy recovery after you broke your toe (again)!”

This year, Tall drew a special card to send to his beloved Aunt Oakley in California: 


His school mascot is the tiger, so tigers slink their way into a lot of his artwork

 Happy Birthday, Oakley! We love you and miss you!

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(“Magnificent Oakley Valentine”)