Sunday, November 6, 2016

58 FROM 58


I AM 58!
BORN IN '58!
HOW COOL IS THAT???

MY BIRTHDAY WAS OCTOBER 26.
WE CELEBRATED LATER IN THE WEEK.

I WAS JUST FLOORED AT THE NUMBER OF FACEBOOK POSTS, 
MESSAGES, AND TEXTS THAT I RECEIVED!  OVER 400!!!
SO TRULY HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL FOR FRIENDS, STUDENTS, AND FAMILY!

THE ONLY THING THAT I MISS ON MY BIRTHDAY, AND HAVE MISSED 
FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS . . . IS MY ANNUAL 
BIRTHDAY CALL FROM MY GRANDMA!

SINCE I WAS ALONE ON MY BIRTHDAY, I DECIDED TO GO TO THE TEMPLE.
I WENT TO THE PROVO TEMPLE, WHERE I WAS ENDOWED, AND DID
INITIATORIES.  THEN, I JUST WENT OUTSIDE AND SAT ON A BENCH, AND
ENJOYED THE GLORIOUS WARMTH OF THE SUNSHINE!!!
SOMETIMES THERE'S BEEN FROST ON MY BIRTHDAY; 
SOMETIMES CLOUDY; MOSTLY SUNSHINY AND HIGH 50'S 
OR LOW 60'S.  NEVER SNOW.
THIS BIRTHDAY...76 DEGREES!!!
(A TRIBUTE TO GRADUATING IN '76!)




AND THERE'S LAVELL EDWARDS STADIUM!



ROSES IN OCTOBER???





I THEN WENT TO WALLABY'S, CUZ THEY TEXT ME AND
SAID I COULD GET A FREE DINNER FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
WELL, SORT OF.  IT WAS FREE, BUT THEN I BOUGHT
A DINNER FOR MY MOM.

LATER THAT NIGHT, RENAE AND ROBERT CAME OVER.
ROBERT HAD CARVED ME A MICKEY MOUSE PUMPKIN!
THEY ALSO GAVE ME A DVD, "SINGING WITH ANGELS."



I DO BELIEVE MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE!


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