In the course of a lifetime, we are lucky if we even encounter someone whose smile can move a mountain.  When we do, our souls are somehow healed from pain we didn’t even know we carried.  I know about these mountain-moving, soul-healing smiles because I am married to someone whose smile has taught me that love is real and possible.

When I first encountered her smile, I was immediately captivated — it was a tractor beam that grabbed me and made me want to dive in and become enveloped in its magic.  See, her smile isn’t just about the shape of her mouth, it’s also carried in her dimples and in her kaleidoscope eyes and there’s no other power on Earth that can match the light and raw positive energy she carries in her smile.  I wanted to feel that power every day; in what can be a dark world, she illuminates the shadowest of shadows and my once dark soul is brightened anew every day.  Really, I have seen complete strangers of all walks of life becoming captivated in the very instant her smile enters their consciousnesses; it’s as if they’ve just been introduced to love itself…

On her birthday, I wish nothing but the deepest and richest love for her.  I am beyond honored and blessed to share my trip on this spinning rock with her.  She is the motive force behind all that I do and any success I’ve found has been because of the power in her smile.  So, to my wife, CJ: Happy Birthday, amor de mi vida!  You are the light of my world (and of so many others’) and there is nothing on this planet that can bring more to this world than you can!  I am more than blessed and grateful that God brought us together — you are my destiny fulfilled! May your smile continue to drive away the forces of darkness — it is power beyond power.  Thank you for sharing it with me, Happy Birthday, mi querida!!