HAPPY BIRTHDAY. My Gemini Twin Karla's Birthday, Shots, and BBQ. Family. Food. Strawberry Shortcake. Latino Music and Lazy Sunday! Late Night Pinot Grigio, Popcorn & Movie Watching in Bed to commence the celebrations! Morning Mimosa's and House Music ala Natalie while getting ready in my whimsical dress. Swarvoski Crystal Earrings with Hair Up off the Face, and my Marc Jacobs to accompany me with Kristen Barker to Pep me up and motivate the celebrations! Brunch. Mimosas with my Norwegian Julie's - Thank you for homemade blueberry muffins -Karla and Mel!!! Poached Egg with Smoked Salmon Hollandaise Rosti. YUM! Sun and Outdoor Patio. Great Start. Birthday Photos amongst my early years being emailed to me all day via my dear sweet mother. Phone calls from the both of them at 12:25 when I bursted into the world! Mani-Pedi - Bright Pink Toes and Massage Chair. Chakra Balancing Massage. New Adventure & Experience. Try it out. Very cool! So cool - I proceeded to leave the massage place with my dress, inside out and on backwards and did not notice until a good 10-15 mins later :) Laughter. Giggles. Ridiculousness. Walking to meet Matteo in Little Italy for some Pistachio and Bacci Gelato and Catch up Chat! Strutting home - more wine and dancing to House music admist getting ready for dinner with my sister at Messis. Halibut - Shrimp, Roasted Potatoes, Snowpeas & Asparagus! Homemade Apple Torte, Birthday Balloons, Streamers, & Sparkly Confetti Thrown over my head! Skyping my lovely parents who brought me into this world! Ending the day, gathered all together laughing at their sweetness! Two Bouquet's of Flowers. One from Wifey and One from Kristen. I love Receiving Fresh Flowers. Life Thoughts. Sweet Dreams.
Food Diary: Sickness attacked me yet again...so I have been living in a world of Homemade Soup. Brown Rice Noodles, Vegetable Bouillion, Carrots, Onions, Bay Leaf and Little bit of Salt and Peppa! Apples. Sprouted Grain Toast and Honey. Pineapple. Orange. Mango. Apple Juices. Neocitron. Tea. Tea Tea + HONEY....I am now officially back to adding normal foods back into the repertoire without coughing!!! So the chronicling of Toronto Patio's & Healthy Eats will continue shortly!
Gratitude:
I am grateful for everything I listed above!!! For all of my confusion & Joy and for the people that I can share it with. I am grateful for the changes in my life and my inspiration to create change myself. From my own Journal...
ON THE WALLS I WOULD WRITE...
EXPLORE. Adventure. Laugh Often. Connect with People. Be Bold. Risk Everything. Don't be afraid of opening and charging your HEART forward! Be honest. Climb Mountains. Jump. Dance. Take Time for yourself. Breathe Deeply. Find Compassion. Be Silly. Find and Surround Yourself with People that help you find your Inner Child. Let Your Goddess Energy Flow and Erupt. Understand that you are soo much bigger than the labels that we put ourselves into.
Joy Blast:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=434535512386
Roll Your R's - By My One and Only Lady F! I had to Lady - this is TOO priceless! :)
Reflection:
I have many people in my life who let me know that they appreciate me and on my day of birth the people that I like to call 'solid's' in my life ALWAYS show up! Emails, flowers, messages - no matter how far apart we are - they are always right there remembering and offering me kind words, inspiration, laughs and support! It is because of these people that I grow. These people count in my world and make me feel important and as I get older I find I have less time and desire for those who are not. Birthdays were always made to be a special event in my life! While a lot of my 'solid's are not living in the same city as me at the current moment- I was inspired to carry on the tradition and to TREAT MYSELF. While it is always lovely to be treated by others, there was something refreshing in being Fabulous and Enjoying in Solitude my own day of adventures and moment to moment delights! As my dear friend Amanda Gray has been doing for years - basking in doing whatever it is that brings you daily bliss. Adjectives such as Fancy, Wonderous & Splendiferous come flying out of her mouth in the enjoyment of some of the most simple tasks. I think we are all able to allow ourselves to do this on our special day -so now, the trick is learning that you can, in fact, do this EVERY DAY.
This is a small passage from my father in a letter that he wrote to me yesterday.
I offer to you the opening paragraph from a "Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
These famous opening lines from the Book seems to create a sense of sweeping Possibility: the age is everything and nothing all at once.
My Prayer for you today on your wonderful day is that you will look at all that is Possible in your Life; that today your possibilities are felt in every moment. as you sit on your own bench in your garden or in the park you showed me; that you Love yourself and be tender with yourself; that you look into your eyes and the eye of God and be in awe for all that is in your life and for all that is Possible without bounds or limits. A Life of possibility was true and real when I held you in my arms 25 years ago on that brilliant day and the wonder of this remains true today for you. Allowing your inner child to stay with you in all manner, in Your smallness,Your vulnerability, Your softness,,, Your light... as it was when this adventure together started.
Challenge of the Day: Take a day or a portion of a day to go on a new adventure by yourself!
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