A conversation with Mom reminded me of something I’d forgotten or misheard: I should have been born at the beginning of July. I’d assumed for a while that I’d been ten weeks premature. No, no. Twelve weeks. Three months. I was six months in the womb when Mom started her contractions (incompetent cervix; my almost-brother had been even earlier). It’ ( Read more... )

I would like to wish a very, very Happy Birthday to the magnificent, beautiful, luminous, numinous, dearest, sweetest, most wonderful BECA (aka ronin_lethe).

(And, yay, Happy Valentine's Day in general. Valentine became the patron saint of epileptics, so also Happy Patron Saint Of Epilepsy Day.)

My father turns 69 today. Gods, he still seems so young -- youthful. He's not on medication, he's not affected by stuff that might usually affect a man of his age, his skin is still fairly smooth ( Read more... )

My mother is 59 today. When I called her this afternoon, she sounded perky. She had a "happily uneventful" birthday. She took the day off from teaching her life drawing classes, and tended to her garden and worked on paintings and played with Toby The Cat. We discussed orange tabby cats, vampire fiction, Adam's business trip to Missouri, my novel, ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to my beloved husband, the man who is my sky, my sun, and my moon (brightest star in my sky ( Read more... )

Adam gave me birthday money, and I decided to buy a couple of elegant formal dresses. Mostly because I have been invited to two weddings, one of which is next Saturday. But also because it would be lovely to have such things in my closet. I don't think I've worn a fancy formal dress in my adult life. I had no idea what to look for. Thank gods ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, I'll officially be twenty-nine ( Read more... )

This morning before work, I was in Starbucks, getting my vanilla mocha doppio. The baristas there were familiar with me by now, and they even filled the cup with milk for me, because they knew that's what I always did. As I was sprinkling cinnamon on top and mixing it, a woman next to me, pouring her sugar and milk, asked me if I had class today. I ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to the brilliant, beautiful, incomparable ronin_letheYou light the skies, up above me ( Read more... )

My father turns 68 today. He still looks at least ten years younger. That's good living.
:)