Happy Birthday to Me

So another anniversary has come and gone. I am a year older and hopefully wiser.

Birthdays to me are a time of reflection. To me the blowing out of candles is not just time to make a wish for the upcoming year but time to extinguish last year. I am an autumnal person by nature and nurture. As the weather cools slightly and the nights shorten I am in my element. It is also an excuse to eat cake and what better time could there be?

I like to contemplate the year just past and reflect on what could have been done differently. Each decision I made led to an action that I can't change. I decided a long time ago never to have regrets for things I have done but rather to be a little peeved that I did not take opportunities that came my way. Regretting is pointless as it eats away at your very core.

This year saw topless modeling for a breast cancer fundraiser- an utterly liberating experience. Get the boys out, I say.

As each year passes I realise how lucky I am to have such a fabulous group of friends and a family who love me for who I am. These are people in my life who will calm me down, chivvy me along, make me laugh, bake me cakes, musically inspire and be there. They listen to tales of my younger daughter as she goes feral and how nothing short of tranquilizers will calm her and provide the appropriate emotional response after they have laughed.

I am happy these people are in my life.

I have eaten too much cake and had a lovely evening with a close friend who supports me in so many amazing ways.

It is time to sleep and begin the next year with optimism and travel plans.