In all honesty, yesterday started out really difficult for me. It wasn’t that I was turning the big 4-0 but that I was having this big milestone birthday without my mom here. For some reason it hit me hard from the moment I woke up and I was near tears for most of the day. The many messages via text and Facebook throughout the day helped though (along with a good cry in the afternoon after my day’s errands were through.)
Things got better when Greg got home from work and took me out for a nice dinner with the girls, followed by chocolate cake and presents at home. (He surprised me with expansion packs to both Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne, two of my favorite games! And also some Harry Potter glassware, which I’d been wanting.) By the time it came for me to blow out the candles, I honestly was unable to think of anything more I could wish for and instead thanked God for the blessings of family and friends. I am grateful for 40 years.