Happy Birthday Larondo, You would have been 3 today my love. Your sister has been talking a lot about you in the past days. She asked me if we could do a picnic for your birthday. She wanted you to have pancakes and Pepperoni Pizza. I made you a cake. Strawberry and vanilla flavour. We can't have a birthday for you and not have a cake. I'm just so sad. Nowadays I have to pretend whenever people are around me. I sense they are tired of my moods and trigger-less emotional breakdowns. They cannot understand how i still grieve actively for a child that was barely 3 years. what they do not know is that you were my friend. We connected. You are peaceful. Gentle though not dumb. Independent in your own way. Attentive to other people. You were a child yet had the aura of one who understood. You had no need ofr attention. You would sit on your own for long periods without craving attention. I remember dropping you off at the creche when you were just ...