Celebrating Amy: A Day of Love, Laughter, and Culinary Delights

A heartwarming ambiance filled the Levine kitchen as we celebrated a very special occasion: Amy's birthday. The sweet frangrance of freshly baked Date Cake with a warm orange blossom–caramel sauce, a testament to Asterius and Dadda's teamwork and culinary vision, perfumed the air with the promise of the delicious moment to come.

Amy, with Caelum in one arm and Asterius by her side, made her wish, a silent whisper that danced away with the smoke of the candles she blew out with joyous breath. The boys, each in their own enchanting way, looked on with delight. Caelum was mesmerized by the new spectacle, while Asterius looked on with pride for his baked masterpiece.

In the midst of the birthday cheer, Dadda shared a poem, his words a tribute to the beauty and essence of Amy's being, a verbal gift of admiration and love:

To Amy, whose grace defies the march of time,
Her charm in life's great canvas is sublime.
With every year, her dawn-like smile doth shine,
Her eyes like stars, her joy the sky's design.
No furrowed trace nor time's relentless sway,
Could steal the splendor that in her doth lay.
 
A gentle gift for Amy we've procured,
To soften shadows where fatigue's ensured.
A subtle lift, with love's intent imbued,
Beneath eyes, her vibrant youth renewed.

With Asterius, whose laugh fills all the space,
And Caelum's coos, a gentle, sweet embrace,
Paddington's nuzzle, soft and ever kind,
In them, her endless beauty's intertwined.
In this warm circle of her cherished kin,
True beauty’s found in love that dwells within.
So celebrate, dear Amy, take your place,
Amidst the glow of love's enduring grace.