Gifts, Milestones and Giving Thanks
This month I celebrated my 53rd birthday and truthfully, birthdays don't bother me, nor are they a huge deal either. But this year, I had my son with me, so it was extremely special, and just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Brian surprised me with this amazing artwork from @unyimeetuk! If you don't already follow him, please do because he's a wonderful artist, an equally wonderful guy, and completely undervalued here :)
Thank you @unyimeetuk, from the bottom of my heart!!
I also reached another milestone; 1 year on Steemit, and what a year it's been! Like many people here , this place has become more about the relationships I've developed and the wonderful people I've met, than the riches I'm accumulating :) That's not to say that I wouldn't appreciate a rise in value too though :)
I've said it before, but I need to say it again; the support that Brian and I have had and continue to have from all of you is heart warming and awe inspiring. You guys really are great!
Here's a photo of the full moon tonight, a glorious sight in and of itself, but each month, each full moon, I take a moment to thank my lucky stars that I still have Brian beside me. It's been a difficult and rewarding year all at once, and I have all of you to thank for that too.
Cheers to a wonderful, safe, and happy holidays for each of you, and blessings for an equally beautiful and peaceful New Year.
Lots of love from both of us! Actually all four of us :)
Congratz on your milestone, we are few days apart!
And of course, Happy Birthday , I am sure you hear it a lot but you look lots younger, I thought you were reaching your 40s!Stunning drawing by Unyime Etuk !
Merry Christmas to you and your loved one :) blessings upon you and all your loved ones...
Happy Birthday 🎂
Happy Steem Anniversary 🎊
Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks Daniel! Quite a month :)
Merry Christmas to you too!
Couldn't have said it better than @danielsaori. Thank you, both you and Brian, for being an inspiration to live life rather than running from it. ✌💛
Aww thank you so much! Living life head on with eyes wide open 😊
Hope you had a nice Christmas @novacadian!
So it seems most of us joined last Christmas. Ahaahha! Welcome to the boat! :-D
Of course I know @unyimeetuk. He's been pretty quiet, lately.
Merry Christmas, Lynn!
Thank you @trincowski! It's crazy how fast a year goes :)
He has been quiet lately, but he told me that he's just been very busy.
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Merry Christmas and happy birthday lovely lady! My birthday is also in December. I also made it a year on steemit. Win win win! Xxx
Happy birthday, Merry Christmas and happy steemversary to you too!! Your Christmas morning with the little guy should be awesome :) Hi to shai too :)
@insideoutlet & @lynncoyle1,
OK, girls ... enough Girl-Capricorn showing off (everyone knows that Capricorns are perfectly suited to Rule The World). Let me show you how a Guy-Capricorn does it: I was born on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. But, I was late ... I was supposed to be born on Dec. 25. ... Christmas.
Read into that what you like. :-)
Quill
Haha @quillfire, well we were born to rule the world. @lynncoyle1 on the other hand... a Sagittarius ♀️ haha...
My world has a lot of chocolate. With some pop corn strewn around the place. Haha...
My pop and a mate were both born on the 31st, thats a hard one to deal with but you will always have a party to go to and a public holiday post birthday haha.
@insideoutlet,
I have a post coming up about that ... having a birthday on New Year's Eve. It has benefits ... and drawbacks. I think you'll like it. :-)
Sagittarius ... an Almost-Capricorn. God, that's got to be hard to live with. She was SO close!
Quill
touche :)
I'm actually a Sagittarius, but still perfectly capable of ruling the world :) And as far as your late birth date, I guess you were almost the second coming :)
@lynnecoyle1,
Almost ...
Quill
Thanks so much @lynncoyle1 knowing you has been a wonderful experience and I don't regret it at all. I wish you the very best and congratulations on the wins and elevations coming your way. By the way, 53 really looks good on you.
I too am so thankful for knowing you too @unyimeetuk! And I'm equally pleased that you decided to follow your passion for art; your talent is God given and would be such a waste if you didn't express yourself the way you do! I seriously will cherish your gift to me forever :)
Merry Christmas from Brian and I and we both wish for love, peace, happiness and success for you in 2019!
Big hugs for you my friend!
Okay, so I guess I'm six months behind you in this journey called life, and I am happy for and agree with all of your sentiments. Having your son there after not seeing him in person for a long while must have been great, and of course the longer Brian keeps going, the better.
We've got both our sons and their families staying with us right now, which means an eighteen month old, a two week old, and another grandson on the way (in May). It can have its moments, but for the most part, I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, @lynncoyle1. :)
Yep, somewhere during this year, you and I established the fact that we're the same age; but thank you for clarifying that I'm six months older than you haha It was so great having Patrick here, and thank you for your kind thoughts about Brian too. Fingers crossed we can have this conversation a year from now too.
Wow! So your house is full! Your wife must be in heaven and I'm glad to hear for the most part, you're enjoying it too :)
Merry Christmas to you and your family too Glen :)
My wife has actually been having some ups and downs with it, mainly due to the daughters-in-law, but with one just recently giving birth to a baby boy who weighed in well over nine pounds and took 23 hours to deliver, and the other who is again pregnant, fighting nausea and then food poisoning, there's just been a lot of emotion and pain and so forth, even though I manage to miss most of it (I have a detached office to hide in).
So, anyway. She's enjoying the grandchildren, but the interactions with their mothers are up for grabs at any given moment. :)
re: six months older
Well, even I am getting to the point where I don't need to be reminded of how old I am. Except sometimes the body complains that it must be older and therefore being able to say I'm actually 20 years younger than what it likes to think I am is actually a good thing. :)
Of course, the daughters-in-law! There are a lot of crazy hormones flying around that house. Thank goodness you have a detached office :)
haha my body complains of the same some times!
Lots of love back at you and Merry Christmas you cougar. :)
hahaha thanks @wolfhart! I have one other friend who calls me that ... so funny :)
Merry Christmas to you and your wife and family ... may you have many more <3
It is funny
Merry Christmas Lynn
You and Brain will have many many more
@lynncoyle1,
53 ...!?! I thought you were mid-thirties!
Are you sure? You know the worm in the Tequila ... you're not supposed to eat it.
@unyimeetuk ... great artwork. Any friend of Lynn is a friend of mine. Will Follow.
EDIT: Lynn ... check the spelling of that username.
EDIT2: Never mind ... now it works.
Quill
Mid-thirties?! Wow! You really do want me to participate in your next fart venture here right? :) Thanks buddy; I was blessed with good genetics! Or the alcohol is simply pickling me.
Glad you're going to follow @unyimeetuk; he really is outstanding. Take a minute to look at some of his past posts ... just crazy good.
Thanks for the heads up on his name spelling too.
By the way, I've never eaten that damn worm. Neither have the Mexicans that I know; I think it's a stupid gringo thing :)
@lynncoyle1,
Good Science Fair Project ... test your hypothesis.
You're right, it is a stupid gringo thing ... that the gringos desperately want to be true. If they had half a brain, they start putting a worm in the bottles. That would be the easiest, and cheapest, marketing ploy in history.
Quill
Years of research so far, but you never want to rush that kind of hypothesis. Time is on my side :)
haha no kidding!
Thank you @quillfire. I am honoured and thank you @lynncoyle1 once more. You are more than amazing
Thank you @unyimeetuk :)
Congrats on the 1 Year Milestone and those sketches are awesome he is so talented
Seasons greetings to you and yours
aww thank you @tattoodjay! He is a very amazing artist; if you go back on his posts, his work is really just...wow!
Happy holidays to you and yours as well :)
Yes indeed I do agree I looked through his posts and WOW what an amazing talent
I'm so glad you did! WOW is right :)
I was amazed by his talent and skill and yet he seems quite modest
He's very modest and interestingly enough, a trained physicist :)
Congrats on your 1year of steem Anniversary and also wishing Happy Birthday ..but 53?? Too old number for some really young...👌 Wishing Brian and you many full moon together.....wish him best of health ...Merry Christmas
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awww thank you so much @steemflow! You're too kind :) Brian says thank you as well; fingers crossed for many more full moons together!
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well :)
Thanks @lynncoyle1always good to see the love blossoming...say hi to Brian👍
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