Wishes
Just taking a break from the writing and coming up for air....
One odd thought led to another and then it dawned on me: my birthday is coming up this Saturday. I haven't planned anything special, hadn't wondered too much about it, thinking about all the issues I can't control and all the diseases that need cures, people, lots of lonely ones, and people at-risk for such and such, but for every lonely uncured soul, there's one who thinks in joyful terms, and hadn't thought it all before until I became a mom and took Ivry for the first time to children's hospital on Sunday (due to allergies) where the difference between a sad and happy child makes me want to go out and celebrate my....
BIRTHDAY!
I seem to live frankly for the moment, despite the utter impulsiveness and rashness that astounds and horrifies me.
I wrote a whole list of b-day wishes at our family blog: http://ivrydavid.blogspot.com, (quite long) but for today, I will wish myself peace and the joy in wishing myself these things in such a consumer and materialistic world.
I'm learning that it is in the power of the little things that makes a difference....
But a cake, candles, and a box full of presents especially boots for the upcoming winter, would be nice too...