Years and years

Wow - 37 years on the earth. Great, fun, energetic years full of family, travel, adventure, and lots of very lucky prosperity. Last year had huge highs and lows and this year, well, this year I KNOW it will be a crazy ride, but the most unbelievable, joyful, miraculous one. The stuff of permanent memory. Let the 37th year begin!

Inspired by my baby nephew, Andrew

That's it. There is NOTHING better in life than the joyful, unrestrained laughter of a baby. Check it out. Found these on Youtube and they will warm your heart, lift your spirits, bring tears to your eyes, and yes, make you laugh. Wonderful, heart-healing stuff, my friends!

Baby Boing
Ethan laughing

A life well lived...

today I head to Montreal to celebrate my husband's lovely "Oma"'s 95th Birthday. She is and has been my 'Oma' also for a number of years now and I marvel not only at her sharp mind at this age, but at the life she has led and at how pure and wonderful is her spirit. I can only hope that I live half the life she has led with one half the spirit and spunk she has devoted to it. She is an incredible woman. In fact, she has lived through two world wars and on any given day you can find her completing crosswords in Dutch where each and every letter in the big box leads to another word (no blacked out spaces). I hope she loved the montage of photos we have created for her of shots of her home town and even her birth home in the villiage of Amersfoort. She can reminisce and enjoy these memories at any time of her day. Better wrap this stuff and get ready to go.

Here's to a long life, well lived....

Feelin' Groovy

When life just feels good, all around, and then the sun also shines, it is a very good day. The BBQ is just getting started by my husband, and salmon and steak lay in waiting for a little sizzle. And the future is looking up.

Life I love you,

All is groovy!