And while I was out and about, I made sure to call my niece, Alyssa, to wish her a very Happy Birthday! She turned the big S-E-V-E-N today!

*And in a rather unexpected - but very happy - turn of events, just as I had finished singing "Happy Birthday" to Alyssa, my other niece and god-daughter, Emily, grabbed the phone from her sister... "Hi, Uncle Jojo..." That truly made my heart melt.