Its my Birthday and I'll choose to not cry if I want to!

Its the Eve of my Birthday.  The power is out which has a way of putting one in a more reflective mood.  It's hot even Milo is panting at the end of the bed tonight.  Ironically March 12, 1980 was a cold one in Indianapolis and from what I am told a great snow came.  My birth was an event and a bit of a scary one I am told.  My grandma always used to tell me about the day that I was born on or around my Birthday.  How my grandpa was trying to fly in to see all four pounds of me.  My grandma always told me that it was the day her angel was born.  How I wish she could tell me those tails once more but while I sit here in the dark I treasure them in my heart.

Here are the things in no particular order that I have learned this year.

The more I know the more I realize I do not know and that is not as scary as it once seemed.
My sisters are indeed my best friends and we make a pretty good team (if I do say so myself!)
I love being an Aunt way more than chocolate and coffee!
I am truly alive when I have the freedom to be who I am in Christ!
I am tougher than I look
There is no substitute to deodorant from the States and its uses!
Genuine people are the best kind of peeps
When there is pain it is also a sign that you are indeed alive
Knowing how I am wired by the hand of my Creator is important to know and embrace.
Sabbath rest is to important to ignore
Even I get tired of travel
I should not ignore my intuition
Some relationships have seasons while others are forever
God speaks to me and I treasure that more than gold
Laughter is the best medicine
Being closer to 40 than 20 doesn't bother me as much as I thought it might

So here is to year 35 and all that God intends to do in and through!