Six Short Years

In six short years you have become an artist and a creator.
In six short years you have become a storyteller and an author.
In six short years you have become and adventurer and an explorer.
In six short years you have become both a student and a teacher.
In six short years you have become both a drama queen and a comedian.
In six short years you have become a book lover and a constant dreamer.
In six short years you have become a fashion plate and a dirty mess.
In six short years you have become a food critic and a candy junkie.
In six short years you have become a computer geek and a brilliant technician.
In six short years you have become a conversationalist and a thinker.
In six short years you have become a swimmer and a floater.
In six short years you have gotten a mind of your own and a mouth like a sailor.
In six short years you have learned determination and mastered stubbornness.
In six short years you have become a grown up little girl.
But even in sixty long years, you'll always be my baby.

Happy birthday sweet potato.