April Birthdays and Blessings

I’m almost two days late, but yesterday was my sister, Roberta’s birthday. Here is a picture taken about 50 years ago. She’s on my mother’s lap. Betcha can guess how old she is! Happy ‘belated’ Birthday, Berta! I hope it was a good one!

Happy Birthday to the following April babies I know. Again, I’m sorry I’m late on some of them and I hope I didn’t miss anyone (but please don’t be shy if I did)! Sharing an April birthday with her grandma Berta is my great-niece, Katlyn, who turned three on the 5th. My friend Jane, from my working days, was a year older on the 6th. And as I’ve already mentioned in a special posting, my darling daughter, Sarah, is a bit more into her thirties. My friend Kelly will be celebrating tomorrow, the 18th, and I will be joining her with some other girlfriends! And my niece, Becky’s birthday is on the 24th. And although they have passed from this world I honor the memory of Kirk’s sister, Janet, whose birthday was April 2 and Kirk’s grandma, Faye, who celebrated her last birthday last April 8.

Lately I have been a little depressed and grumpy. So today I decided that it would be good for me to start noticing my blessings. There are so many little things in life that can be overlooked if we don’t slow down to notice. So here’s my blessing for the day - As I ran several errands with my four year old granddaughter in tow this afternoon, I was blessed with parking spaces next to the sidewalks, every time! Now this may not seem a big deal to most people, but to those who have independent, darting toddlers, not having to cross traffic in a parking lot is indeed a blessing!