??30??

(May 9, 1995)

I know, I know, what you want to say,

    Thirty today? NO WAY!!! NO WAY!!!    

But believe it or not, it really is true

    And please try not to be too blue.

Yes it is a horrible trick for life to play,

    But then I have to share my Mother's Day,

Every eight years with you,

    And I missed my first Mother's Day dinner, too.

Now that's enough of doom and gloom.

    The next one to complain leaves the room.

A party is what we will have . . . to celebrate,

    And tell the world that it has been great.

You turned out everything I hoped for,
    Intelligent, loving, thoughtful, who could ask for more,

You help with computer problems with no complaint.

    To put up with my idiotic questions makes you a Saint.

I ordered a Coconut Cream Pie, because you love coconut so,

    But it is such a popular item the bakery ran out.

I went to the store for Kidney Beans & Mushrooms just for you

    But they were out of stock too. What is a loving Mother to do?

So. “Nikki Nikki Tembo No So Rembo Oo Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi”

    You are still that little Stinker that came home with me,

Thirty years ago. Little Stinker is what I often called you,

    So thank your Grandma Riesland for making it Taboo.

Friends today call you Dominick your given name,

    But don't blame me if I still call you Nick,   

I have been doing it too long to change/

    So with Nick or Nicky I will stick.

But I am sure you will admit.

    anything is better than,

the screamed DOMINICK IRWIN RIESLAND,

    when you were on my you know what list.

Happy Birthday, and I promise I won't sing,

    May this Birthday bring,

All the best that life can give you,
    It's what you deserve that's true.