I am celebrating another birthday today. My phone has been ringing most of the day with wonderful thoughts from my brothers and good friends. My family and I will be celebrating tonight.
Family tradition is that the birthday person gets to choose the place to go for supper, but my honor has been restricted a little this year. We have some of Teresa's family joining us for the weekend so I have to be a little more selective in my choices.
I think we will just go to O'Charleys. You know it is not where you eat, but the fellowship and fun with the family that makes the big difference. (Or at least that will be mantra for the evening.)
The Lord has been very good to this old boy. It is amazing to realize I have lived 51 years and now working on 52. My mom died at 46 so it really hits me how young she was when she died. She had five boys, and I was the oldest. Or maybe I should take that back - she had six boys if you include my dad.
Life on this earth is so short. I will just be thankful for another day and ask God's grace to carry me through for another year. Birthdays are good days to celebrate, but really everyday is a birthday. It is a reminder to me that life is lived day to day. I just take too much for granted some times. I pray God will help me "seize the day" in my 52nd year.
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