Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Blessings

We're rich, and we know it...

...in blessings of course.

And there's no other day that brings that closer to the heart than on a birthday.

The Conductor told us today was one of the best birthdays ever.  Did he get any expensive gifts? No.  




But boy howdy, did he feel blessed to have such great friends!! 


Did the girls and I go and spend a ton of money on a great big birthday cake, one we felt he truly deserved?

Nope.


It was lopsided, and lumpy, and NOT like the picture it was created to match...
but we're all pretty sure it tasted better than any store-bought cake that's out there!

And did we go out to some fancy restaurant to celebrate the joy we felt in having a husband, a Daddy, who we love so very much that sometimes tears squeeze out of the corners of our eyes when we look at him, or catch him smiling at us - or hear him telling us he's proud of us - and our own smiles erupt?

Nope.


Daddy's favorite restaurant is Ron's Hamburgers.  So, we all worked together to make fried pickles, a super-close imitation of their burgers, and set out an ice cold root beer.  (And we tried hard not to think about the fat, calories, salt, or sugar for a minute.  See...a little hummingbird even snuck in a couple of apples!)

And The Conductor grinned and grinned...and thanked with all his heart.


No, we're not made of money.

But we're rich with blessings for sure!

2 comments:

  1. Happy, happy birthday to Brad! :)

    Stacie Smith

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  2. mmm...that's my kind of birthday dinner...besides chips and salsa!!

    those are some pretty cards! ;)

    happy birthday!

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