Eat Cake!

EAT CAKE!

Birthdays mean different things to different people.  There was a time that I preferred not to celebrate my birthday and would allow the day to just come and go as if it were just another day.  Then I decided, wait a second!  It's NOT just another day.  I have made it a WHOLE additional year!  And if every day is a gift!  That's an extra 365 gifts given to lil ol me.

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These days, I celebrate my birthday.  I am having the time of my life!  I've reached the age that the tiniest things don't stress me out.  I find beauty and love all over the place!  I know that worrying is just a waste of time.  I have made mistakes, but they didn't kill me and have taught me many, many lessons.  I have done the best I could with the resources I had to be the best mother I could be.  I have grandchildren... I enjoy the fact that I have been granted another one.  I may not do anything big, or public, but there will be cake.

Cake means there is something to celebrate.  I am something to celebrate.  I am loved.  I may not have accomplished every thing I have set out to do, but I've been given another birthday to keep trying.
I have lived a full life and in case this IS my last birthday, I'm not at all upset.  I can look back and see all the wonderful people who have shared my life in the past and how they have made a difference.  Some have stayed for a long time, others for only a season, still others were merely a blip on the screen, but I'm a firm believer that people come in to your life for a reason.
So, I am happy that YOU are in my life.  Thank you for being a part and helping me to continue to fulfill my dreams and help others along the way. I am happy that this is where my life's path has lead me.  I am looking forward to what the future has to offer and I promise to be grateful for all the moments in between.

Today is my birthday.  Celebrate with me.  Appreciate all the things that have happened to bring you here.  Love the people that are in your life now today and all your yesterdays.  And above all...Eat cake!!

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