Maybe it's just me, but it seems like after 30 birthdays just aren't as much fun. I remember as a child counting down the days. Now it just seems like another day of the week. This past year has brought so many difficult trials to my life. I've decided that dreaming of being a grown up is a lot more fun than actually being one lol. However, I don't think my kids would say that I've actually grown up yet : ) This year was an unusually difficult birthday. With so much going on I had actually forgotten about it until the day before. I didn't even mention it to anyone because I honestly just wanted it to pass by without any fan-fare. However, from the moment I woke up until the moment I went to bed, little notes and cards showed up. Nothing big. Infact, the smaller the gesture the bigger the smile it brought to my face. Our house is kind of the neighborhood hang out for all of the kids from 5-15. My oldest are 11 (Kelsey) and 12 (Tanner). Their friends all think I'm a much "cooler" mom than they do lol. Anyway, one of Tanner's friends from school, an adorable jr. high girl, wrote me the silliest little birthday wish ever "We is friends, you cry, I cry. You laugh, I laugh. You hurt, I hurt. You jump off bridge . . .I gonna miss you." It made me giggle. The point is that nothing big happened. No amazing expensive gifts, but the little things just kept adding up to what I needed to feel most . . .loved. It made me evaluate the time that I take to let others know that I am thinking of them. So, my challenge this week is to drop a note in the mail (no e-mail doesn't count lol) to 5 people and let them know that you are thinking of them and that they are loved.