33

Happy my Birthday!

It's been a while.

It's 1am.

I'm a little bit weirdly excited about being 33. I'm not quite sure why.

Something in my memory tells me it's got something to do with Jesus, and according to google- it's the unofficial years (of age) he was when he died.

Haha, don't ask me why that has anything to do with my feelings about being 33. I liked the bible stories. I like Jesus. We're not homies, but he's cool by me.

I like that Jesus decided on what he was, did it - and then died, completely certain that, that was indeed the purpose of his life.

This inspires me.

He found what he was meant to do. That's pretty cool.

Haha, yes...it makes sense.

This is not a Jesus post though,

i thought i should write something and here i am. I often want these writings to be really - you know... perfect.

I never really think anything i do is perfect though... so that's hard. Then again... it's kinda perfectly imperfectly me.

Haha twisting logic since 1980.

I'm going to kick off my 33rd year with something kinda cliche and silly but this whole blog is supposed to be gratitude... and lately it's been kinda dragging on the emo side - so here... are 33 reasons why things are awesome (in order of what pops into my brain)

1. My kids. My kids who hug me everyday and tell me they love me constantly. They make me laugh at least once everyday and any day with laughter, well it's never wasted.

2. My husband. Okay so he's going to do some... sureeee.... whatever face, and the people who have heard me complain about him will just think 'oooh that's just because she has to.' Haha but in all honesty... we've come this far because of his patience with me. I'm a bit on the nutso neurotic side sometimes, and i've taken a lot out on him because i think he owes it to me as my life partner to listen to me and deal help me in whatever way i think he should be helping me at any given moment in time, which in all fairness is... umm erratic. Haha... in truth he doesn't owe me anything. He's here still because he wants to be, because i'm worth it to him. And that... well that's pretty cool.


3. My family. Both sides + extensions. Yes, this list is very cliche... haha but really... we do our crazy, but at the centre of every drama and every frustration, there's a certainty that no matter what happens. We have 'home'. We have a place to return to. It's not even a place any more- it's just people.

4. Friend family. The ones who've been there through everything, listened through everything, who always believe, who share frustrations, sorrows, joy, laughter and food. Oh all the mountains of food. Like family without the dysfunction part.

5. Awesome people i've met throughout my life. Primary school people, high school people, work people - random people. Seriously. I love you all more than you'll ever know.

6. The internet for all the connections it lets me make.

7. Every stranger who has ever been kind to me. Like the guy who stuck his head into the bin to get my keys out, and the boy who gave the kids like 10 extra chicken wings at Red Lea. There are so many of you and i would list it all but goodness... that would be another post altogether. Stranger kindness is super awesome.


8. All the mums in the world.

9. Fire fighters.

10. People who laugh a lot.

11. Books.

12. Flowers.

13. Ted talks.

14. Teachers. Special mention to Toni Powell, who gifted me an extraordinarily kind gift, i still kinda haven't opened. Just getting past fear.

15. Work. It fits with my days, allows me to get my kids, teaches me skills- forces me to go out and talk to people.

16. Opportunites

17. Being able to give.

18. People who give

19. People who are kind, people who are happy, people who are honest.

20. Beds.

21. Dad.

22. Playgrounds exist.

23. Libraries.

24. Old people.

25. Little kids.

26. Cameras

27. Abundance of food.

28. Gratitude

29. Blue skies

30. Favourite parts and rituals.

31. People who do awesome things

32. Healthy kids. Happy kids. Hilarious kids.

33. I have the privilege of living this life, the ability to change the things i don't like, the luxury of not having to accept my circumstances, and the wanting to be better at living.


Haha, it's a pretty strange list, and an oddly broken post... there are many more reasons why things are awesome, and better ways of describing them... but you know how it goes...


33 is the year folks...

We'll live dangerously, give freely, be wild and wonderful and the world... well, we'll pull out the the awesome, and use it to fix all the broken... just a little at a time. Do what we can, and we always can do... something.

Hehe *licks and confusion* to all