Happy Birthday, Joan!

Dear Hearts,

Joan flying high with her brother and sister!

April 1st is the birthday of Joan Shepson Sullivan: wife of Mike; sister of Paul and Lynn; mother of Katie O. and John; grandmother of Caroline, Charlie, Grace, Mickey and June; sister-in-law, aunt, cousin and friend to scores more. She is, in fact, the author of the Aunt Joannie Sullivan's Law of Longevity Aspiration of 2008 which is invoked at the end of every Dear Hearts greeting. Click here for more information on that law.

Joan is probably the most kind and compassionate person I know. Her patience and loving perspective always inspires me. Throw in her terrific and usually understated sense of humor and it always makes for a wonderful time. 

After a professional career and raising children, Joan has become an extraordinary woman in retirement, developing new skills in photography, Lego building and bird watching. She is an extraordinary grandma too! Joan also cherishes the times she gets to squeeze in visits with her brother and sister.

Happy birthday, Joannie, and may you have 43 more healthy ones, by your law--the Aunt Joannie Sullivan Law of Longevity Aspiration of 2008.

God bless us and save us and keep us from harm.

Love, Patty