L'avant première
A 40th birthday should be celebrated all year long. This is a picture from the first party, the avant première, with 30+ friends and 3 turkeys (not pictured). I shared birthday honors with Isabelle (age 8) to my right and Samuel (age 7) to my left. Michael's birthday isn't until 10 Dec, just a week after mine. He wanted a front row seat for the extinguishing of the candles. Samuel and I got a bit ahead of ourselves. Isabelle graciously waited until after the Happy Birthday singing had finished to put out her eight little lights. It was a very fun afternoon, reminding me of the many Thanksgiving celebrations through the years that have also served to wish me a happy birthday. And it is a happy one. Every breath of forty years of life is worth celebrating for a whole year! I have so much to be thankful for...even if the silly look on my face in this picture is not one of them. :-)



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