Birthday Come And Gone

A special birthday has come and gone, I'm here to say that I hope it was a very pleasant and happy one. I didn't get to voice my wishes in person as she was out of town, but I hope to make up for it by going to lunch sometime next week. *This will stay on top until she makes it by here... lol... (Cheap shot to get someone to hit my site huh? Yea, well... This is "My Place" and I make the rules!!) LOL!!!

She's not far from the "Menopause" symptoms listed in my previous post, she gets to see some of us "older" women go through it first, but I have to warn her, "SHE's NOT FAR BEHIND!!" lol...

So, in trying to think of what to give her, I finally came up with something I thought would suit her personality and part of what keeps her going day to day...

I should have taken pictures upon the first few stitches, but I think that's when #12 and #13 hit me from that previous post.

I will be posting pictures as this project goes along... check it out...

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Update 9/10/07
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The finished product will turn out to look like this... (I hope)...

Have I ruined the surprise, probably, but this way, she will be on pins and needles for the finished product... I'll get to hear, "Is it finished yet?" "Are you done yet?"

Meanwhile, here is a poem for her...

A birthday is just another day,

young of mind, yet youthful looks go away.

Another year older,

the world seems a bit colder.

Yet my heart still burns,

and for love it forever yearns.

Another year older,

I grow even bolder.

Life is for us to learn from,

as calculated as a mathematical sum.

Another year older,

hurting blazes now just smolder.

Letting go of past rage and pain,

living life and feeling sane.

Another year older,

a tear on your shoulder.

Life has not been so bad,

my tear is of joy not because I'm sad.

Another day older,

more pages added to my folder.

I'm glad of whom I am today,

I would not have myself any other way.

So don't mind that I write my own birthday rhyme,

I've lived through my life up till this time.

I think it is safe to say,

that things will go as planned His way.

He's got more for me yet,

It'll be even better I bet.

Another year older,

and I am in His debt.