Thankful Thursday: That Loved

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ~  Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Well I've got to say that my 29th year rang in with a bang.  I can't believe the amazing, thoughtful gifts from people in my life.  Take a gander.

The coolest thing that I received was a box full of postcards that College Roomie, Loud Oklahoma Girl and my mom gathered up.  They had all sorts of different people in my life send a postcard from wherever they live to me for my birthday.  I ended up with cards from 50 different people that came from all across the country and even the world.  It was awesome!

So to cap off the night we hit up my favorite Mexican food restaurant for dinner.  Nothing like chips, salsa, tacos and sopapillas to say happy birthday to me!

All of this stuff is great...the gifts, the flowers, the food, but really it's all secondary to the amazing people that I have in my life.  I mean seriously, there are no words to describe it.  My secretary probably put it best when she saw the vases of flowers on my desk and said to someone else, "It must be nice to now you're that loved."  And you know, it really is.