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roll with life, to accept things, to love right where I am. Bloom where I am planted, as the saying goes. Hopefully, the winds of fortune will blow in my favor, but if for some reason they don’t, I will find a gift in there somewhere. needs some tweaking, or perhaps a major overhaul? It is time to get busy on me.
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Apart from my self-improvement goals, I have a number of other reasons to delight in this month.
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The presents I buy for myself because I really think they are necessary at this time; presents from other people (I do love presents); birthday calls and cards from friends and family; my special birthday supper; a session at the salt cavern at The Red Barn (here in Durham); and last but not least, the checkerberry soda that will round out my Special Day (March 29, just in case you want to pencil it in on your calendar!) And if someone was to throw in a vegan, gluten-free cake I wouldn’t say no.
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So here’s this year’s agenda. I intend to be more proactive. To take the reins of my I think not. life into my own hands, rather than letting life toss Actually, this hallowed me about. I have been a bit month got off to a slow start, lax. I will be unhappy about birthday-wise. It was taking this, that, or the other thing, a back seat due to the grief and I will stew, but I do preof losing my beloved Dakota, cious little in the way of as well as a couple of other moving things forward. Now worrisome situations. I am I say, “Full steam ahead!” pleased to announce that Birthday Month is now back And I have another task bein the front seat, where it be- fore me. To just be happy. I know that sounds simple, longs. but for me it isn’t always. I My birthday is my personal resist things, fight them New Year. It’s my new begin- tooth and nail, wish things ning. It’s time to take stock. were different. It’s a losing Where have I been? Where battle, and serves only to am I going? Am I happy with stress me out. But I have the way things are? If not, made a promise to myself to what can I do about it? What
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Perhaps you thought I would be skating right past Birthday Month this year. No mention of it whatsoever. Just zip from February to April.
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