Gone are the days when you wake up to presents copious amounts of cards and Birthday wishes. I remember my work days in the UK when it was your responsibility to buy cakes for everyone in the firm when it was your Birthday. They had to be cream cakes and very calorific. You would get in to work and your desk would be covered in cards and presents and your working day would be lightened as a reward.
I remember the excitement of wondering what my dear Mum had bought me. She knew me so well that I always got given something wonderful. She would cook me one of her magnificent meals, she was just a divine cook and her roast potatoes were like clouds, fluffy and light.
My Birthdays when I was married were grim. I never got a present from my husband, I was lucky if he remembered. I remember once he wrapped up a load of old jewellery and there was I thinking he had actually bothered. On my 40th Birthday he thew all my presents and broke them in jealousy and hated me getting more cards than him, someone you had to feel sorry for and hope one day he will be happy with himself inside and out.
This year my Birthday will go like this, the toilet needs to be unblocked, the dogs need walking, the cats need feeding, the eggs need collecting, vet appointment, recycling needs doing, rubbish bags taken to the bins, washing and I need to get on with my latest portrait.
Am I happy, yes very, I had a kiss and hug from my two lovely children, my dog was happy to see to me today with waggy tail and a kiss, I am having a coffee with a friend later today, it isn't raining and the sun is trying to come out. The fact that I come out of my front door and smell fresh air and not car exhaust, I see green fields and trees, animals playing, cockerels crowing, geese hissing, tractors working, deer's jumping and playing around in the fields and life is alright.
So I'm sending out Birthday waves to everyone today, keep smiling and make the most of the little things in life xxx
What a lovely post! It finishes with so much contentment. I think your life and even its less apparently pleasant routines (as in unblocking the toilet) is/are wonderful. I would very much like to spend some time in your place even though I'm pretty fond of my place too! Happy Birthday, Heather! Here's a cyber kiss for you X!
ReplyDeleteHeather, thank you for your mail. I wasn't sure if it was a comment here or an email, and I've come back to answer it, so I'll stay! I would love to come and visit you, and if I can, I will, armed with wellies, plungers, and pooper scoopers :) Of course, one day it might be helpful if I knew where in France you actually were/are :)
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