Another Year

Another year older. Another year wiser. Yep, I turned 51 today and to say the least, it was a pretty uneventful day. I slept in a little bit. I opened some gifts, read some cards, did some shopping at Wal Mart, Auto Zone, Borders and with the county being under a tornado watch, I headed home. Birthdays are not as exciting as they used to be. To me, it has gotten to a point where they are just another day to live and one day closer to the grave. Morbid sounding? Sure, but it is the truth. Why we continue to celebrate after the age of 50, I'll never understand. With that stated, as I look at life, the same old questions come up. Am I happier today than I was a year ago? Am I less in debt? Am I still happy at my job? Are my relationships with family and friends gotten any better.....worse? Only I can answer those questions as I continue throughout this day. Will I post the answers here? Of course not! But I will say I have made more friends and in the sense I'm happier. I can actually say I have friends around the world and I do my very best to keep in touch with many of them, some more than others. Those friends that I communicate with almost daily are the ones that will last me a lifetime. And even though I may not see them very often, they are in my heart and in my thoughts. So my birthday wasn't the greatest this year. But at least I still have friends and to me, that is worth more than anything else in the world! Thanks all for being my friend!