Joy all around me today

Today is such an easy day for me to find the joy in. It's my birthday :)

I am well past the age where I want big parties etc to celebrate. I am just happy to enjoy a dinner with my husband tonight (he even found a sitter for B!), and think about the year that has gone by...and quite a bit has gone by in the last year. It's been a year of so many changes for me, and it's nice to sit back and be happy for what I have and what's to come.

But..even with all that..my biggest joy today is the joy I get from my friends and family around me. Facebook is a wonderful way to keep in touch with people, and get birthday wishes. I get a text to my cell when someone posts on my "wall", and so far today my phone has gotten lots of texts. My friends and family wishing me a happy birthday, a wonderful year, blessings, and hugs. It's pretty awesome to have a day in your life when the people around you wish you well and are happy you are here. It really makes my heart swell and just gives me a feeling of peace and joy.

So today my joy is in the people that love me telling me so. It's important to tell the people you love that you do in fact LOVE them. It's so easy to not do it, but it's so much better to do it. While James Taylor writes some pretty cheesy stuff (says the girl who paid to see him in concert), it's right. "Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel."