Birthday greetings to Matt on this day when he was born 31 years ago. Wow! That day started out with a stomach ache (I thought) which turned out to be labor pains. I had never had a baby before so I called the doctor and said I had pains so bad that I couldn't stand up. They told me to come to the hospital. It's a good thing we did because he was born about 30 minutes after we arrived. This quickness of Matt's arrival caused his dad to miss it because he had gone back home to get our insurance papers. After waiting two weeks past his due date he was ready to come into the world. His grandparents and great grandparents from Akron had come for Christmas, hoping he would be born while they were there but alas had to go home because Matt was tarrying. They eventually made it back to welcome their first grandbaby with love and kisses.

Matt, I'm so glad to have you as my son and I'm proud of you. Have a happy birthday. MOM