On Birthdays...

bunting from toast spotted via ink + wit...

I'm an awfully big fan of them, and it just so happens that today is mine...

I always feel different on my birthday, even if I'm sitting at work on an 8(!) hour conference call, things feel somehow, well shifted. Maybe it's some sort of cosmic thing (not to sound too flaky), maybe it's all in my head, but either way, things feel special.

Here's the thing...most of my life has been spent looking forward to the next birthday, wanting to be older...I always had this sense that adults had more fun, and I have to say, I was right, I love being a "grown-up".

But now I want to freeze time a bit. I love where we are in our lives; I love having a seven and a three-year-old... in Audrey's wise words, "it's hard but exciting."

So I'm going to really try (with all of you as my witnesses) to use this birthday as a formal commitment to truly notice and enjoy and savor the small details...and to be profoundly grateful that I get to enjoy another year of this grand adventure called life.