I turned 52 years old today. I couldn’t settle into any one thought, so I decided to share some random thoughts from my day:
- Birthdays are funny when you’re older. Somehow I tend to round up about halfway through the year anyway, so I’ve been saying I’m 52 for months now. I’m always surprised when my birthday arrives and I realize I’m staying the same age I’d already been thinking I was. Pretty anti-climactic.
- After reading Billy Collins’ poem Cheerios, I opted to search through some February 5th trivia. How is it that I’ve never done this before? Here are some “interesting” facts that I culled from a site called PopCultureMadness:“February 5th is “Weatherperson’s Day, named after the birthday (Feb 5, 1744) of early US weatherman, John Jeffries.” Perhaps this explains my obsession with storm watching and potential snow days?
“1958 – A hydrogen bomb, known as the Tybee Bomb, was lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and was never found.” What!?! - I wish I’d appreciated my skin more when I was younger.
- When I was young, I never believed I’d live to be older than 17. Weird, right?
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I bumped into this poem today and loved it. I’m clearly in the profit zone!After the Gentle Poet Kobayashi IssaBy Robert Haas…Fiftieth birthday:From now on,It’s all clear profit,every sky.…(click here to read the entire poem)
- I have the best team! My co-workers, knowing that I generally avoid baked goods and high fat products, celebrated my birthday with a boule of bread and Maine wild blueberry jam! Yum!
- My sister’s birthday is on February 2nd, which is Groundhog’s Day (definitely way more fun than Weatherperson’s Day!) When I was young, I just couldn’t stand to watch her celebrate and then have to wait three more days to open my birthday presents. In addition to being a greedy little thing, I must have been a total pain in the rear, because my parents let me open one present on her birthday every year. I cringe a bit every time I remember this. Sorry, Beth!
- I suggested gelato for dinner tonight. My husband thought we should eat food before that. Sigh. I’m still not sure how we’ve made it through almost 30 years of marriage.
- Nothing starts the day better than a beautiful sunrise. Today’s looked like this:
- I am one lucky, lucky lady in countless ways. Feeling grateful!
Nix the comfort zone 
It sounds like a lovely day. Gelato would have made a fine first course! Happy birthday! ❤️
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Thanks! I managed to sneak in a bit of gelato afterward. 🙂
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Thank you for introducing me to two wonderful new poems – it’s kind of like you gave me a present for your birthday. I, too, wish I had appreciated my skin more when I was younger. And gelato is perfectly acceptable for dinner, in my view.
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I’m glad you enjoyed the poems. Every time I read “Cheerios”, I laugh. I just love the line “Why that dude’s older than Cheerios”.
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That IS a gorgeous birthday morning sunrise! Happy Birthday!!! 🙂
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It was a beautiful start to the day! Such a gift!
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Happy birthday. Your birthday is one day before Hannah’s!
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Happy Birthday, Hannah! Hope you’re enjoying California sunshine. We hit the high 50s yesterday afternoon–crazy!
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For me birthdays are important as we grow older because it means we are together.
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Birthdays are certainly a good time to reflect.
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First, Happy Birthday. Your reflections are an important reminder that we drift from acquiring gifts to thinking about “gifts” and life as we grow into adults. Yet, I too could eat gelatto for dinner without regret – carmel-chocolate-crunch…or most any flavor….
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Thanks! I enjoyed some mint chocolate chunk and Mayan chocolate (chocolate with cayenne and cinnamon) — Yum!
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Happy birthday. I love this reflection especially the sunrise photo. Its a gift from the universe. And gelato…yum.
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Thanks! There were so many gifts in my day and many of them were intangible. Like I said, I’m feeling very grateful!
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I saw it was Weatherperson’s Day and I’m sure I was a brat about you opening a gift on my birthday. Lovely sunrise! Xoxo
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Maybe someday we can celebrate birthdays together again? Wouldn’t that be fun!?
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Happy belated birthday, Molly!
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Thanks, Amy! Are you going to participate in the March challenge this year?
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I’ve been doing a lot of journal and memoir writing so at this point I don’t think but I keep contemplating it. I look forward to your posts though!
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There’s just not enough time in the day, right!?!
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