Happy Birthday - from John

 "The hills are aliiiive..."  

No, seriously, I do like this pic, dear Mary, because it captures your irrepressible joie de vivre, a quality I have long admired in you and which you keep not merely as your own possession but as a gift for so many others. Thanks for being a presence of joy in our lives! And happy 40th (hee, hee). Ah, you're the youngest 40 year old I know -- another gift, I suppose. On this occasion of your birthday, please know of my esteem and love, and hope and prayers ongoing, that you continue to live richly and be blessed abundantly. Ad multos annos!

Your brother John