AND EWAN BLOWS A KISS TOO

Her favorite films are Trainspotting, West Side Story, Wings of Desire and Sleeper, among many others.

She would move heaven and earth to say hello to Ewan MacGregor.

Her iPod holds almost the entire collected works of U2, Radiohead, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, as well as a most eclectic selection of a breadth of other artists.

She would move heaven and earth to say hello to Bono.

She has an amazing capacity for love and generosity, which my daughters and I benefit from daily.

She's the smartest person I know, in every way.

She's the most beautiful person I know, in every way.

She would move heaven and earth to give our daughters all the love we could possibly need.

And she does so daily.

She would move heaven and earth to give me all the love I could possibly need.

And she does so daily.

And yet she has no realistic handle on just how important she is, how loved she is, how special she is, how irreplaceable she is.

Is that her fault or ours?

I know that her answer to that question is the incorrect one.

I know that there is no else like her.

And I know that I'd be a wisp of smoke without her.

Happy birthday, my precious Patty.

I love you.