Happy Birthday!

Last week I celebrated my 44th birthday! I'm not embarrassed about my age nor do I try to keep it a secret. I feel totally young, and I wonder when I'll start to feel old. Well, honestly I do feel a little different physically but so much better now than when I was getting up with babies in the night. It's weird though for me to think that I've maybe reached the 50% mark. Every other year in my life I have always had more life to live than I had yet lived. Now I look at the numbers and think, yep this could be the halfway mark. That makes me sad because I love my life. There are still so many things I want to do; I know that I'll never get them all done in the 44 remaining years. How do you come to accept that you are never going to travel to some places, learn about certain subjects, or develop much desired hobbies? I don't know but I think I'll keep enjoying every day that comes along. I have the great blessings of good health and a wonderful family.

I was truly spoiled on my birthday. My husband gave me more gifts than I deserve, Karin and Ben did the same and even made it here in time for the party The most unique gift came from Emily, a handmade book that reads as follows:

Front Cover: Not a Normal Day

Page 1: One day a mom took a walk.

Page 2: It was not a normal walk.

Page 3: After the walk the mom ate pie.

Page 4: Then the mom watched T.V. on the couch.

Page 5: The the mom had a nap on the couch.

Page 6: It was not a normal day.

I'm still pondering the meaning of this little book. I understand parts of it like taking a walk, but the pie, the TV and the nap kind of tell me that she possibly has insight to my hidden desires. I hardly ever watch TV and pie is not a common dessert for me, I would like to take a nap though.....I don't know, I'm still thinking about this.