Editor's Note: This was originally published on my MySpace blog on October 27, 2006
This is my birthday weekend. My birthday is October 29, 19-- (and, no, it won't do you a bit of good to ask me to fill in those blanks!) This has been a good week for me. I realized that I'm surrounded by friends who love me and care about me and I'm so blessed!
On Wednesday, everyone in the department where I work took me to lunch to celebrate my birthday. You can't possibly imagine the trouble it was to accomplish this. Our city has a policy that says all departments must stay open all day. As a result, my fellow employees had to get special permission from the Assistant City Manager to close the department so we could go. It was such a nice lunch and I was very happy to spend time with the lovely people I spend the majority of my life with.
On Thursday, my girlfriends gathered to celebrate my birthday. I have the most wonderful friends. . .and they were all there yesterday. Marie has been my friend since childhood. One of the things she did after my husband died was to introduce me to her friends. They have all taken me into their hearts and I love and appreciate all of them more than I could ever begin to say. Every one of them are wonderful, amazing, independent and successful in their own way. Each has their own lifestory to tell and everyone of them is a testament to the strength of women. Being part of their circle has been a blessing. Someday I will write about each of them individually but for now I will only ask the Lord to keep them close to His heart and give my thanks to Him for bringing them into my life.
Marie, Erin, Rita, Chris, Debbie and Betty, God bless you and I love you all! As always, Lord, please bring our troops safely home and keep watch over their families.
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