New York Nanny Center » mamabellmonday http://www.nynanny.com Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:40:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Bittersweet Birthdays http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/bittersweet-birthdays/ http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/bittersweet-birthdays/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 19:04:03 +0000 Lindsay Bell http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1848   Read more (...)]]> At my age my birthdays are becoming bittersweet. On one hand I’m glad to have reached another birthday, but I also become more aware of my youth slipping away. I will concentrate on the positive. I so enjoy the days leading up to my birthday when cards arrive and I stand reading them through blurred eyes as tears sometimes fall uncontrollably. That happens to me in a card store as well.
Me and my beautiful family

Me and my beautiful family

Then one day a gift arrived in a padded envelope and the tears turned to waterworks as it was a Shutterfly book of baby pics celebrating the first year of my granddaughters’ lives. The best thing about birthdays is having  wonderful family and friends  around to help celebrate.
Another year wiser,
Mama Bell
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