Birthdays...

Well we couldn't live without them i guess :) Its that time of year again. I have dreaded it every year since i turned 13 and was welcomed into womanhood with that wonderful monthly thing that happens. If this is what growing up was all about i wanted nothing to do with it. (After a few embarrassing moments i learned that was one thing i just couldn't ignore and it would go away!) Awe...life...sigh... such a wonderful thing. No really though its amazing! :) This is the very first birthday since 13 that i have enjoyed! It took a long time but it was worth it! I wouldn't trade a day of anything "bad" I've gone through that got me to this point!

The great debate as to when to celebrate my birthday i feel has been officially solved as of this year as well. :)
You see i was born on May 2nd at 11:50pm and my very tired father made a few mistakes on my birth certificate...one of them was putting May 3rd as my date of birth. So every year my family says happy birthday on both days and then tries to decided what day to have my party on. I could never pick one until yesterday! Yesterday(May 2nd) was wonderful! IT was my birthday!
Saturday was what started it all though. My in-laws had a party for me and i kept looking around thinking how lucky i was and loving the fact that i have such a cool extended family! All the cousins playing together and the rest of us sitting around talking and eating, it just felt so peaceful. (not quiet, just peaceful:) I couldn't help but think how lucky i am to have two families that love me! Then Sunday came and my family threw me a pizza party. As i worked my way from the kitchen to the living room stepping over toys and weaving in and out of children and a puppy racing around biting people:) I just took a deep breath. At that moment everything was good. Life isn't perfect but it is wonderful. There will always be hard times, you can count on it, but it makes the good times even better when they come! It is all so worth it!

To my family Thompsons and Conkles, thank you for everything and for loving me just the way i am (especially to my husband, since he is stuck with me till i die ;)! I am blessed beyond imagination! I wouldn't trade the life i have for anything! I love you all!

As far as my feelings toward birthdays...I'm glad i had one! :)