In the six and a half years my choir director has known me, I have never spoken up about my birthday so they had never sung to me before. I'm sure he saw my recent posts on Facebook though and didn't want to miss this first opportunity this year. One of my alto friends may have spoken up too. There is this older lady I always sit next to. She is a fairly recent widow so we connected a bit over our grief. She has started sending me memes and texts frequently and gave me a card at Christmas that I loved. It said "I'm so lucky to have a friend like you. All my other friends are normal."
Then I went to a wine garden with three great friends. A fourth had hoped to join us but is stuck getting ready for a trial. This group of women are just wonderful - kind, intelligent, authentic, generous women. The conversation flowed easily covering lots of topics - politics, travel, family, work, etc. And they wouldn't let me pay! I tried to order some snacks for the table since I had invited them all and they took over. And then when I went to the restroom at the end, one of them had my tab of drinks transferred over to her own!
Then tomorrow, my parents will be picking me up in Albuquerque so that the three of us can spend a week and a half together exploring New Mexico and Utah. We've been planning this trip for a year now. My Mom and I are both planners so it was fun working with her to come up with the itinerary, activities, hotels, etc. My Dad is the encouragement in the background, encouraging us to book that expensive dome stay we were hesitating on because the experience will be worth it.
So I sit here this morning drinking my coffee reflecting on all of this and am a bit overwhelmed at the love I feel from so many people. And I'm surprised at how much I am truly enjoying finally celebrating my birthday.
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