May Birthdays

I just love the month of May: birthdays, Mother's Day, fresh spring flowers and green grass after the monochromatic colors of winter.

First came Kevin's birthday.  He was born in '55, and he turned 55.  We are both finding it very difficult to reconcile our chronological age with our interior age. 

Fortunately, we FEEL younger.  (Wouldn't it be terrible to feel older than you really were?)  And true to every cliche, he received gifts of socks and ties (but he hasn't had a new tie in a couple of years.  It was time!) 

Then, yesterday, Alice became a teenager.  This was just a technicality. She's been a teenager for a year or two.

   

She had to share Mother's Day with me, so I got the morning half of the day (and opened my gifts and cards), and she got the afternoon half of the day (and then opened her gifts, etc.). 

We even had another family come over for cake and homemade ice cream in the evening.

She was thrilled to receive a freshwater pearl necklace & earrings; a beautifully embroidered pillow case, some money, and a gift certificate for a manicure.

It was a great day!