I turned 50 a couple of weeks ago.  Perhaps I’ll finally be considered wise – by most everyone except my kids.  LOL  I have always preferred a very subtle and low-key birthday.  Not a big party person, more so now than ever before because of my MS blessing.

I rarely ask for much though this year I did have two requests and both of them were gifted to me.  I wanted a Boy Scout Mother’s necklace.  In the world of Boy Scouting, when your child achieves a rank advancement, the mother is also gifted with a pin for their son’s accomplishment.  I have two ribbons, one from our son’s Cub Scout advancements and one from our son’s Boy Scout advancements.  Unfortunately, the ribbons have some pretty thick clasps on the back and they put holes in my shirts.  So, I wanted a Mother’s necklace so I didn’t ruin anymore shirts.  Because I made my request late, my husband ordered it online and it should be in the mail this coming week.

The second gift request was a new wrist tape dispenser.  My youngest daughter used mine and accidentally broke it.  I love those wrist dispensers…even though the tape refills cost a lot more cost than just buying rolls of tape.  But, instead of one tape dispenser, I received two of them!  Now I can keep one in my studio and one in our wrapping paper holder.

And then I received a very unexpected gift – one that I will use often and enjoy:

My MIL gifted me with a chair for our deck and a cushion to go with it!  I enjoy sitting outside, watching the kids or the chickens or the dogs or even just the sunsets.  Something I would have never bought for myself but it certainly was needed and appreciated!

I felt really bad for my kids because I had a couple of very bad MS days, to the point that I couldn’t walk without assistance.  And one of those days was my birthday.

There were gifts of money and gifts of cards, too.  But, I must say…having my family together for my half-century mark was the best part of having a birthday.  Well, the brownies were right up there, too!