My Birthday

Today is the 34th anniversary of my birth so I decided to include photos of those responsible (Guadalupe and Angel) and of me as a baby. If my parents have a slight look of fear in their eyes, it is understandable. They were 20 years old and in their first year of medical school. I would be scared too!

Even though my life is not perfect, I live a charmed life, and luckily, I know it. I am growing in the direction I want to grow and as I get older, I get happier. I am more forgiving with myself and have started living more in the present. There just isn´t as much future to which to postpone one´s happiness. I always get philosophical on birthdays...

I spent the morning going for a swim and looking at old photo albums. My grandmother (abuelita) made lemon pie as my birthday cake and we had a nice recounting of the early years during lunch. There were many "Angel, when you were little..." stories and "Angel, when are you going to get married?" comments told by mom, dad and abuelita. We are going for a drink tonight to share more stories and hopefully less wedding comments, but with abuelita and a couple of drinks, who knows what will happen? All in all, it is a great way to spend a birthday.