Fall is usually known as a season of dying. Trees are turning colors and losing leaves, and summer is drawing to an end, with the weather a little less warm every day. The sun also starts taking its time rising in the morning sky.
It's my favorite time of the year. My birthday falls in September, and never having been a huge hot weather fan, the arrival of this month, even as a child, always signalled that better days were ahead.
And then there's football, which gives me joy like no other sport. I love the game - its strategies and toughness. Nothing is better than a day like today, spent inside a stadium or curled up on the sofa watching the Illini play!
I reach my 41 st birthday in just a couple weeks. I usually take some time to look back over the past year and see where I was and where I am going. I expect great things for and from myself this year. I am on my own, and finally starting to feel like myself again.
I am celebrating with dinner and drinks with my girlfriends. These are the people who have stood by, and stayed by me through a really challenging 40th year. I want to thank them for keeping me up and about and living a life that is worthwhile, generous and kind even when you think it isn't. I am happy to share my favorite season with them, and I wish happy new beginnings to all of them.
I know I can make it through this next year with them beside me. And for that, I am so thankful.
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I too have a fall b-day and have always loved this time of year, especially Halloween. Being a little older than our favorite "Soul Sister", I just want to interject that the later 40's are the best. Things roll off your shoulders better, there is more confidence in your abilities, and your priorities seem to have fallen in place. You are more able to say "no" when you just can't help out and yet you feel more able to help out friends who need an ear or shoulder to cry on at times. (No, you don't have any extra time!)
Happy "almost" birthday, Jean! This last year with you has been wonderful, and if this is a bad year, I can't wait for a good one!
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