therese

to one of the few i'm thankful for meeting in this lifetime ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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this life

From AB POSITIVE

Monday I got to celebrate my birthday. Got hugs, kisses, letters, flowers, gifts, e-mails, voicemails, texts, FB & Multiply messages from friends and loved ones wishing me well which brought me lots of joy.

Well, another year, another number off the calendar. It's 34, if you're wondering. I still can remember when being "off the calendar" seemed so old, so settled, so way past its prime. But now that I'm at it, it's all good. Thank God life has taught me that old is only a state of mind, that old is only as old as you feel. By no means am I "old" but definitely there's this sense of being "older". And I believe that as I age, I am changing --- as a person.

I don't feel old, but what I do feel is happy and blessed.

From AB POSITIVE

Blessed. I feel very blessed and rich to have so many wonderful people in my life right now. Dwight, Nikki, and Dale. A wonderful family, could I ask for more? Then there's friends who are more like family too. Laughter and sharing life together (virtual or otherwise) binds the spirit of friends and my friends have all been godsend to me. We might not be able to get together, write often, chat as much or talk on the phone as long as we would like (as a lot do not live closeby), yet we are connected by modern technology --- which I am truly grateful for. Between paying the bills, dealing with life's pressures or concerns over love, marriage or raising children and just "living", with the internet or the phone (and throw in good old snailmail, which I love love love and miss), going through your days' a little easier, bearable and it sure feels like friends are just right there with you. I am fortunate to have these friends that understand this life I'm in. They make life better -- as we encourage one another to be better -- and for that I feel so blessed having them.

Happy. I am at a stage where life is good and challenging and just suited for me. Gone are are times when my life was built by ideas of what I or life should be, or when it was founded by somebody else's ideas or dreams for me. This is me, and this life is mine. As what Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, " You are constantly invited to be what you are." And at age 34, I can say I am happy with who I am. I am made this way for this reason, and I'm going to celebrate it. Happy birthday to me.

From AB POSITIVE

Life is beautiful. My husband, my kids, my family, my friends, my soul sisters and kindred spirits alike --- you all have made my life beautiful. I am priviledged to know you and to be a part of your lives as you have been in mine.

Thank you and ♥ God Bless.

goodbye betty

From AB POSITIVE

i'm no couch potato but i do love my TV shows. from medical drama, to suspense thrillers, to sappy soaps and goofy sitcoms. you see, when i do find something i like, i stick to it, follow it religiously and make it part of my daily routine of sorts. yeah, i'm loyal like that.

so imagine my heartbreak when i saw the last episode of my betty over at hulu. it seemed just yesterday (well, make that 3 plus years ago) when it first aired. it's funny and light and warm ... reminded me so much of my afternoons watching the gilmore girls back in pine ridge. how come when i get so attached to a show, it gets cancelled or they end it just like that? gilmore girls, friends, e.r., lie to me, ugly betty ... what's up with that?

ok. ok. this is a positive home, so i won't go on and rant about something as silly as a TV show. just let me say, today i'm thankful for ugly betty. it was good while it lasted. kept me company, made me laugh, made me root for the brace-wearing, bespectacled fashionably challenged girl from queens.

thank you betty, i really enjoyed you.

photo: becki newton a.k.a. amanda on the series, with therese, nikki & akio while malling at macy's at the beverly center, los angeles

romance in the air ...

and by that i meant the perfume.

got this, a nars blush and some other goodies for my birthday from 2 lovely ladies who spoil me to bits. thank you my dears!

From AB POSITIVE

i've mentioned before my love affair with anything that smells good .... perfumes, colognes, lotions and all other girly potions. i have this growing list of stuff i wanna try out too ... yes, i'm weird like that. my friend found it a little odd when i told her why i have a couple different ones on hand. i just love catching a whiff of my favorite scents throughout the day. and which scents i try on would depend on the mood i'm in after i hit the shower. or when my spirits need a little lift. didn't i say, i'm weird? =P

what can i say, it makes me feel good. me feeling good = having a good day. makes sense, right?

rare calm

it's just 10am and both kids are sleeping soundly, a rarity in our household. with dale in his swing and nikki upstairs in the bedroom still snoozing, i once gain enter the world of blogging.

it's been so long and i've got so much to say and so many thoughts cluttering my wandering mind. amazingly though, now that i'm here i am at a loss of what to write. a symptom perhaps of the "been out of it for so long, it feels like the first time" malady. there's so much in me that's been wanting to write and yearning to write, but a lot of me trying to hold back.

holding back for fear of sharing too much of oneself, of sharing ideas only to have them crushed or mocked. or having others find it silly, petty, unworthy. or of putting forth feelings and having them taken for granted.

or simply for fear that perhaps time will come when i won't be in the mood, for writing. that happens too ... a lot i must say.

for now, i just thankful for this rare calm that has descended our home this Monday morning.