Tuesday, July 29, 2008

They Say It's Your Birthday...


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:

Diane M. Roth said...

happy birthday!

Lori said...

Happy Birthday To You!

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday, GG. I hope the day was special in some way and that your CPE day was an easy one.

Lisa :-] said...

I guess it really is true that everyone who is anyone was born in July ;)

Hippo Birdie Two Ewes!

:-]

Stratoz said...

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.

Crimson Rambler said...

Many happy returns!

Michelle said...

Happy Birthday!! I dream of seeing Florence some day...

Jan said...

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear GG, Happy Birthday to you!!!

Terri said...

happy birthday! enjoy!

Law+Gospel said...

Happy Birthday indeed!

Althea N. Agape said...

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!

more cows than people said...

happy belated b-day, gg!!! hope it was grand!

RevDrKate said...

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.

Gannet Girl said...

Thank you all!

Mark Smith said...

Happy Belated Birthday!

(I was out of town last week)