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Except for the fact that I was wrong.
I am sitting here tonight, getting ready to head up to bed, feeling completely overwhelmed with the kindness of all of you. I have received email after email, card after card, text after text and call after call--all wishing me a very happy birthday. I have laughed and cried (and boy, did a couple of those messages make me cry) and just felt gratitude beyond belief for the life I have and the blessings I have been given. I am truly overwhelmed.
And then there is my family. My sweet husband took the day off and made it the most wonderful birthday. It was calm and peaceful and even though he said he was worried at times it was too calm and peaceful, it was what I needed on this particular birthday. I just needed time to be and to feel and to think. (Oh, and take a very long nap.) And I needed just to have him around and to remember the privilege it is to be his wife. And to feel grateful for every single birthday I have celebrated with him.
And my children. I actually have tears in my eyes right now because I get to be their mother. I get to open every one of their handmade gifts and their cards and know deep down in my heart, I wouldn't trade one of their simple gifts for all of the money in the world. They sang to me over and over again, they wished me happy birthday so many times I lost count and mostly, they just smiled and laughed and acted like my kids.
Thirty-six is going to be a good year. A very good year. Thank you for making day one so incredibly fabulous! xoxo