Today, I turn 28.
Happy birthday, me!
I can’t believe that I’ve been blogging in the same spot for so long that I can look back on my 23 birthday and see where I was in life. It’s amazing the change 5 years makes.
The funny thing is that I never would have predicted anything that happened in those five years. Whenever someone wants me to project where I’ll be in the next five years I refuse to answer because how do I know? Life is so unexpected.
All I know is that it’s been an incredible few years of personal growth. This last year especially has been so hard and so good that I can’t even believe it.
Birthdays aren’t always fun. Last year I cried on my birthday. When I was 19 I went to my beloved grandmother’s funeral. I cried then too.
This year I can’t do anything but smile because I’m so blessed by the people around me. I didn’t expect anything from today other than it to pass by unnoticed. Yet people in my life have stepped up and surprised me and cared for me and made me realize how lucky I am.
Thanks for reading and caring and being part of my life for however long you’ve been here. Love you!
Happy Birthday, Mary!!
Happy happy birthday Mary!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, lovely friend!!! <3 <3
Happy birthday Mary!! I have been reading your blog for about 4 years and you have been through a lot. But you have come out strong and you still have a beautiful smile!! I’m sorry you cried last year but so glad that you can show that smile this year!!!
How far you’ve come even in a year, never mind all of the years that you’ve been blogging <3 Much love to you, beautiful girl!
Happy Birthday!
Woohoo Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great day.
Happy Birthday! I am hitting a milestone birthday next week and you are right, life is unexpected and you cannot predict it. Each moment is to be enjoyed and never taken for granted! Enjoy today!
Happy Birthday!! Hope your day is filled with laughter and the year with a smile and contentment showing on your face.
All the best and much happiness in the coming year!
So happy you had a birthday filled with smiles! You deserve nothing less :-)
HAPPY BELATED.
xo
I hope this coming year is a spectacular one! I envy your youth but I don’t think I would be up for the struggles of being in my twenties (again). I guess life is all about facing challenges and figuring out how to cope. That’s how we get stronger.
Remember the movie A League of Their Own about women playing softball during WW2? In response to a comment about playing softball – “It got too hard,” Tom Hanks responded “It’s supposed to be hard – it’s the hard that makes it great!”.