OMG can I be that old?

My family has started writing poems for birthdays.  Well mine is nearly here and my daughter sent hers today.
  Here's my daughter's poem:


I know your birthday is a couple days away

But this I had to share

I wrote a poem for Rob's brother

I'm sure he was not aware

Of how we send out birthday wishes

How we celebrate

I wonder if a new tradition has started

I wonder if it's fate

Better to be early

Than it is to be late

So I'm sending you my birthday wishes

Enjoy and celebrate

Hope you have a fabulous day

Better yet, a fabulous week

When you are done reading this

I hope your eyes don't leak

Happy Birthday, early! Love Julie, Rob, Veronica and Kenny

And here's my response:
 

Thank you for the early gift
You know me all too well
Anything to do with my kids
Makes my tear ducts swell.

Above my desk there is a photo
Taken by a tree
Long ago in Long Grove
Taken there by me.

It's you with Rick and Brooke,
A tiny Nate and Ronnie
And next to that another print
Taken more recently

It's the one you took last summer
Nate and Ronnie joined by three
It shows "how swiftly fly the years"
(Yes, a line from another memory)

So with this thank you comes a request
I hope you're saving these
And that one day you'll make another book
And in it include them please.

They mean so much, along with the pictures
They're a reflection of my life.
This week I'll be turning 69
And several times a wife

And you all mean the world to me
You show I've left my mark
I love you all so very much
And I hope by now that I've made you tear up a bit too!

Love,
Mom

Anyone want to adopt this custom.  It sure makes a mother happy!