August 26th - my birthday. They’re coming awfully fast now. This is my 59th birthday celebration, and tonight the kids and grandkids will take me out to dinner to celebrate. I’m looking forward to it. My mother wrote about my birthday at her blog, Ruthlace, and it was a very tender and sweet thing to read. Thank you, Mother.

The Median Sib - mid-1950’s

So happy birthday to me. And it WILL be a happy birthday. Today is Sunshine’s first full day of kindergarten. She’ll be at my school all day, and when the school day is over, she and Sweet Stuff will come to my classroom to go home with me. And thus it will be this year. On most afternoons I will see the faces of the two most precious little girls in the world as we head home from school together. THAT is one of the greatest blessings in the world.

Fifty-nine. I remember growing up and thinking about the year 2000 and how far away it was. I’d think, “I’ll turn 51 in 2000. That’s so old!” Now my 51st year is way back down the road in the rear view mirror, and I’m entering the 60th year of my life. I feel very optimistic. It’s going to be a good year.

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