Today I am 40
// 3.13.09 // 17 Comments » // My Daughter, My Son, Parenting, Thriving
It’s my 40th birthday (as if I haven’t talked enough about that on this blog) and I feel fantastic.
Taking a look over my 40 years of life, I feel so amazingly lucky. I grew up in a good family, never wanted for anything, and never had anything horribly tragic happen. I married a wonderful man and we live happily in a beautiful home with our two awesome children. I’ve never been seriously injured or ill. Except for bouts of depression (that are well-managed with medication, exercise and “me time”), I have a fairy tale life. I am happy.
Like many mothers, I suffer from a good amount of mommy guilt. Am I doing right by my children? Am I raising them to be happy, considerate, confident, strong and self-reliant? For today – and taking it one day at a time – I am going to banish the guilt. My kids are happy, healthy and really smart. I’m sure I’m not doing everything perfectly, but what parent is? My kids are living this fairy tale right along with me and I need to cut myself a break.
This morning, my son presented me with a hand-written birthday card. This is what it said:
Happy Birthday Mom. You can do anything u want today so I will help with the little devil (this means my daughter, heh).
Mom’s List of Things To Do
Toontown
Shred workout
computer
indiana jones if u want to
sleeping when you want
and whatever else you might wantSo Happy Birthday Mom and have a great day cause it will only come once a year
Love, Logan
I just love this. It shows that he totally gets me: His list of things for me to do includes video games, time on my computer, working out and sleeping. And that’s just about a perfect day for me.









