Happy Birthday, Happy Life !!

This weekend, we celebrated the first birthday of our two youngest grandsons, Patrick and Thomas. While every birthday is special and every one of the grands are treasured gifts I mention these two because well, it is their birthday and the fact that a year has passed since the harrowing night they were born. These little ones were due to arrive at the end of May, however they decided they wanted out on April 16th. Initially, in the first ten minutes, all seemed fine but soon after it appeared that Patrick's arm had a serious problem with circulation. I don't care to go into all the stressful memories right here but suffice it to say the little "spitfire" battled through and today, with his big brother Thomas, he is thriving and moving past all of that.  I am such a blessed woman.  To have God in my life and to reap His blessings in the form of family, work, play, and most importantly His presence, I have truly come to realize what is important in life and what needs to take a back seat.  Of course, being a 50 something has a lot to do with this realization.  When something goes amiss with someone important to you, you feel the urgency to help make things right, when something goes wrong with the car, or the kitchen floor, you are able to put insignificant things into perspective and realize that......IJTWLI