Five Things: My Birthday

A woman should never tell her age? Whatever, I turn 43 on Saturday and am unabashedly proud of it! The reality of the fact that(should I be so lucky) I am in the middle of life has been in my heart and on my mind all month and given me much to think about. Mostly what's been coming up is gratitude, a feeling that all is well and a peace around the mystery of life. Yeah, I know that's deep, but 5, 10, 20, years ago, I had no idea what my 40's would look like and so far they have been amazing. My 20's: were a hot mess, searching for the seeds of the life I wanted, having no idea how to find them let alone plant them and really not liking myself for it. My 30's: the light started to come on, I was given some seeds and directions on how to plant them and I stumbled but kept trying. My 40's: the seeds took root, grew and are blooming into serenity, acceptance, rich relationships, joy and mindfulness. Now my job is to tend my garden of gifts, do a lot of weeding and watering...Whoa, heavy, but so true. So, this birthday I am truly celebrating ME and all this year has given me.

Five Things: My Birthday

1. An acute awareness of how quickly time moves.
2. A day all about me filled with well wishes from my loved ones.
3. CAKE!
4. I took the day off, no big plans, but a girl shouldn't work on her birthday.
5. A party to cook and decorate for, I live for this stuff.

Here I am at 3, 13, 23, 33 and just a few days shy of 43. Here's to birthday's!