a big fat thank-you

Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes my way. Friends and family and listeners who tune in every morning have been more than kind, and I couldn't be more appreciative.

I'm ok with getting older.

37 doesn't seem any different than the day I turned 30, minus the gray hairs I now pluck while waiting at a stoplight. Some people don't like birthdays, but what's another year? The age never bothers me, maybe in part because I've realized over the past few years what is important in life.

Certainly not the little things.

Instead, my kids, husband, family, and friends are the reasons I smile. Being together, in good times and bad, making memories while knowing these times may not last forever, that's what makes life good. So we make the most of our days, and try our best to take it all in.

My dad once told me 'You are the company you keep.' And I think I'm surrounded by some good ones. So thank you.

A big fat thank-you, at that.