Another birthday?

Already?

Happy Birthday to me--

and a big kiss and thank you to my sweet mother!

I love you, Mama!

Note to self: 

Self, Veronique Vienne, in her beautiful little book, The Art of Growing Up, says that growing older "is an opportunity to shed youthful insecurities, revaluate old habits, and get rid of obsolete constraints." Isn't that sentence worth a little study? I think I'll find a few quiet hours soon to ponder upon it.