it's my birthday!
Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 10:56AM I figured it was best to keep the title of this post simple, right? Yay birthdays!
Wouldn't it be great to turn back time for just a moment... to this moment:
I love this picture of childhood Mary-Heather. It was taken in our backyard in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, and I was almost 2 years old. We had a wishing well in that backyard! I had not a care in the world. Those were the days! I woke up today, 28 years old, and when I think about this past year, I am amazed at how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. I am so grateful now for all the wonderful blessings in my life. Honestly, I don't really have a go-with-the-flow personality. I don't talk about it much on this public blog, but I struggle with anxiety under the best of circumstances, and change can be hard for me to process. I'm so grateful for Jacob. He is a wonderful balance for me, magnetically centered. He's the best, and he's one of the many people in my life I'm so happy to know as I begin a new year. My family and friends, my co-workers, my crafts, my health, and yes, this blogging community, which I have really grown to love. My last post on imperfections prompted the sweetest emails and comments; thank you all. The imperfections I posted about were more of the musing sort; and they were indeed the kind of imperfections that I do feel make me... me. I embrace them. In middle school I may have been insecure about all those things I mentioned yesterday (I remember I avoided wearing glasses for years - what was I thinking - because I didn't like the way they made me look), but now there is a side of me that loves those very same quirks. If I wanted to post about an insecurity, well, I probably would have brought up the ol' muffin top.
So, on my birthday, I'm enjoying a calm day, and wishing everyone who stops by this blog the same. 28 isn't truly a milestone, except there is no real way I can fudge and say I'm in my mid-20's now, right? I thought not. Late 20's it is. I don't have huge plans for tonight... I just want to eat something delicious. Thank you all for stopping by and reading this blog, on this day and every other day!
Reader Comments (19)
At this point, I no longer celebrate birthdays, but instead the anniversaries of my 29th birthday. Since this year is the 6th, it is kind of a milestone. I'm glad I have such great friends to keep me youthful!
What a wonderful photo to represent being carefree and young (which you still very much are).
enjoy your day! Though i guess it's almost over, even in LA. But I think it's perfectly acceptable to spend at least a week celebrating a birthday. you deserve it. ;)
I wish you lots of happiness and much creativity in this new year of your life!
Cheers!
Sheila in Boston
If your me, you can celebrate the entire week as your birthday week. (in my partying days it stretched on for a month!) :)
Love the link to the Muffin Top. I couldn't stop laughing.
ANd the muffin top - I'm so in touch with that. Thank goodness for body slimmers. This early 30's gal couldn't do without them.
What a wonderful photo!! I am also prone to anxiety and my 28th year was worst than most... but I have every confidence yours will be stellar!!! Happy Birthday!!!
and what a really sweet photo, thanks for sharing that. plus now i know muffin top, oh the things we learn on the internets ;)