Hello World!

I have thrived and survived on this earth another year, and I’m so thankful to God for sparing my life another year…Although I am a woman and getting older, I am practicing being proud of my age… (I’m 38.)So although I have been encouraged to start concealing my age, I don’t think I will do so…(still pondering because I am at least teensy bit vain…lol…)

Before I went to bed last night, I asked God to give me the thoughts that I should share here on my blog on my favorite day, my birthday 🙂 Before I do that, first of all, I want to thank my parents for hosting a lovely, impromptu birthday cookin (instead of cookout as it rained…) for me on Monday (Labor Day), and my family and friends for lavishing their love on me. I want to thank R. for taking me out last night! And I’m thankful that today I’m pampering myself with a day off of work:)

And so this morning, the song “My Favorite Things” from “The Sound of Music” keeps playing in my head…so today…since it is my birthday, I can be incredibly self-indulgent and share my favorite things…in no particular order…

1. globetrotting to places I’ve read about but haven’t visited…cannot wait I until I visit South Africa, Hawaii & France…
2. the aroma of the pages of a brand new book that I’ve been dying to read..(bet you can’t do this with a Kindle…)
3. wearing my night scarf and thick glasses around R…
4. nourishing myself with a good-for-me meal and being satisfied with what I’ve eaten and no more…
5. losing myself in a really sappy, really mushy, really predictable romance movie…preferably wearing pajamas…
6. laughing so hard that my tonsils show and I forget that I need braces…
7. knowing in my soul that I’ve finally gotten something that God has been trying to teach me…
8. the skirmishes of my three-year-old niece and my ten-year-old nephew…
9. tasting the salt on my lips and feeling the collective breath of the crowd as I cross the finish line in the Peachtree Road Race…
10. creating – whether I’m composing a blog post, making a collage or dreaming about the books and articles I will write someday…

I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don’t feel so bad…about getting older…

What are your favorite things?

Any thoughts?

P.S. “My Favorite Things” by John Coltrane

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