A Birthday Surprise

In 2017, family and friends celebrated Beverly’s 85th birthday with a party. Bev’s daughter Heidi hatched a secret plan to have everyone write a poem in honor of Bev. We surprised Bev throughout the evening by randomly standing up and reading our poems aloud. She loved the surprise, the poems, and the weird coincidence that blueberry pancakes were mentioned by all the grandkids.

Click on the names to read the poems from the evening and bask in the poetic genius that runs deep in the family.