I spent an inordinate amount of time this afternoon, before going off to a good-bye party for someone else, trying to upload a picture of me on my seventh birthday, exactly twelve years ago tonight.
Having failed at that, I offer some every decade reflections:
I don't remember my 5th birthday.
I spent my 15th birthday having dinner with my beloved grandmother in a rooftop garden restaurant in Florence. She bought me a pair of antique gold earrings in Grenada which I still wear all the time.
On my 25th birthday, I was an intern in a law firm. A couple of the guys took me out after work. I'm afraid that I drank a little too much.
I suppose that I can be forgiven for remembering nothing of my 35th birthday ~ hardly surprising, since I had three children three and under.
I don't remember 45 either -- but I know that I was practicing family law and my children were 10, 13, and 13. That age span probably means that they were all off at camp in North Carolina.
And now . . . well, from here, 55 looks pretty damn good.
Let's see if I can find a photo somewhere of Florence. Hey ~ Brunelleschi Hotel sounds good to me! Gonna have a good time ...!
15 comments:
happy birthday!
Happy Birthday To You!
Happy birthday, GG. I hope the day was special in some way and that your CPE day was an easy one.
I guess it really is true that everyone who is anyone was born in July ;)
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes!
:-]
hope you had a good one... you share the day with Mosaic Woman, who grew up sharing the day with her dad. I hope to remember my 45th, but I will have to wait till Friday and reflect back on Thursday.
Many happy returns!
Happy Birthday!! I dream of seeing Florence some day...
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear GG, Happy Birthday to you!!!
happy birthday! enjoy!
Happy Birthday indeed!
I was too busy typing up a verbatim (and sermon) the last few days to read blogs, so
Happy Birthday and 1/128th!
PS: they've been advertising the Wicked tour on the radio!
happy belated b-day, gg!!! hope it was grand!
I'm late,I'm late for a very important date! I hope it was a very happy day for you. Happy belated birthday,GG.
Thank you all!
Happy Belated Birthday!
(I was out of town last week)
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