rachel’s blog

As of 3:39 p.m. today, I am officially one year older, but I still like to celebrate as if I’m turning 8 and not 28. I love cards and balloons and hugs and people singing to me on the phone and 17 wall posts on Facebook wishing me a happy birthday. I also love being treated to lunch on my birthday by someone who wants to offer me words of encouragement because she’s been praying for me.

I also love ice cream (and friends to share it with!), so this evening I celebrated by hosting my own birthday party. I had sent a mass email to about 40 friends of mine on Wednesday, inviting them to come over for ice cream tonight… and nineteen people showed up. Two are too young to remember being here (Braeden and Anusha), and two brought chocolate (Godiva and Brazilian). We polished off only one gallon of ice cream, but we topped it with plenty of gummi bears, M&Ms, peanuts, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup… mmm.

I really ought to have birthdays more often.