Birthdays…Pretty Much the Icing on the Cake

What fun it is to celebrate birthdays! A whole day—or week if your husband is a rock star—to celebrate you!

Some of you may have been let in on the fact that I regularly experience mini crises, beginning with my quarter-life crisis when I turned 25. I literally had a panic attack that year when I realized—assuming my Nelson genes push me to 100—a quarter of my life has passed. When the short breaths of fear eventually lengthened and I returned to a calmer state, I found a solution to my issue. Always think of life in days, hours or minutes. Even 25 years versus a mere quarter definitely resonates more clearly. So now I constantly think in smaller increments. All this neuroses aside, I have found my happy medium and rarely breathe into a bag these days.

Life, my friends, is good. And what better time to celebrate it than on birthdays! And if you feel so inclined, I am also a proponent of celebrating other times as well… For example, why wouldn’t you tell a substitute Sunday school teacher that is was your birthday so the entire classes sings to you? I can find no fault with my friend who pulled that stunt once upon a time. In fact, I bet she’d do it again should the opportunity arise… Like me, she'd probably do most anything for a song and a piece of cake!

All this to say, today is my day! Although the celebration started a week ago with a spontaneous but official birthday dinner, every day this week has been special. Thank you, husband and friends. Today the marketing crew is taking me to lunch, and Lisa is providing her scrumptious fruit pizza for all to share. I also love this day, because I typically hear from favorite family and friends from afar. Nothing puts a smile on my face faster than an unexpected call from someone I don't get to see enough. And tomorrow the celebration continues, as hubby and I are off to Mazatlan! Already, this has been a birthday to remember. The only thing that could make it better is if Mom remembered to mail my favorite cupcakes. I’m crossing my fingers in hopes the mailman will be delivering them today!

Happy, happy birthday to all you fellow February honorees!