Friday, April 13th 1984

I have celebrated 26 birthdays, I am so blessed. As I watched the new last night, and hear a 21 and 23 year old, ran off the road, and died. Or the little boy who was burned so bad in bath water. The 21 and 23 year old will never reach their 26th birthday. The little boy, does his birthday get acknowledged? Does he have birthday parties? This is why I am so blessed to be celebrating my 26th birthday. This is the day my mom gave birth to me. There is nothing in the world better than that. I was very fortunate to be born to my mom, where birthdays are something we celebrate, and even though i'm celebrating my 26th birthday, she celebrates with me! I always had big birthday parties with my classmates and friends, and always had a family party too. Birthday's are wonderful. My mom told me today, that she was thinking this morning about the night I was born, 26 years ago. That even as the years pass, and I get older, this is a day she will never forget. I was a perfect baby, and have grown into such a perfect lady. Its nice I understand the feeling my mom gets every year its my birthday. Because I'm a mom too, and celebrating the day you gave birth to your child, is one of the greatest feelings in the world. Love you MOM! You are so blessed that God gave you me, and I'm just as blessed as God picked you to be my mom. I received this card in the mail over the weekend, and of course couldn't wait til my birthday to open it, and I now know why. I received this from my sister (inlaw) Amber. As you can see in the above picture, "Happy Birthday to a wonderful Sister". It brought tears to my eyes, that Amber thinks of my as her sister, and not just her sister-in-law. I'm very blessed for the family that I have through my marriage. I think I was considered part of the family shortly after everyone realized, Ryan and I were serious. I could not ask for a better sister, through my marriage. Amber stood up next to us on our wedding day, and believed and trusted in our wedding vows. She is the Godmother to our first son, Braven. And she is the best Aunty/Sister/Godmother a girl could ask for. My children are spoiled by Amber, and she loves doing it. After all, thats what a Aunty is for, when your nephew wants to go through the Burger King playland, but is still a tad too small to go alone, right!?! I am blessed to be called your sister!
I have celebrated 9 birthdays with Ryan. And every year, about a week before, I start wondering what my gift will be for that year. This year, I got these pink flowers, and a balloon. But of course, the boys got my balloon right away. I love roses, and love the color of pink. I'm so lucky to have Ryan to share in the day I was born. I'm blessed that God brought us together 10 years ago, and that we married, and have started our own family. I'm over joyed to have Ryan as my life partner, and happy to have many more birthdays to share together.
Celebrating 26 years of life is a great feeling!