{today i am}

Holding my beloveds close to my heart:

• baking and cooking up a banquet of love to celebrate Ms L's birthday today, and wishing her all good things for the coming year.
• defrosting treats for Little Cat's birthday tomorrow.  9 years of filling my heart with joy.
• watching BigCat age dramatically by the day.  Feeling scared.  Preparing myself for a vet appointment next Wednesday and whatever it brings.

Listening to the soulful sounds of Mumford and Sons and getting excited about seeing them live next week.

Pondering recent news that I'll need hearing aids one day, and probably not in the far, far away future.  I guess I'm middle aged, and love/d loud music just a little too much {trying to listen to Mumford and Sons softly!!!!}

Enjoying the relief of finally putting a very difficult and unfair work situation to rest after a month of daily stress and sleepless nights.  Proud of my strength and courage to stand up for myself.  

Grateful to Kat for her wonderful stewardship of Blogtoberfest this year.  So grateful for her energy and passion.  There's no way I could have done it justice this time around.  It's been nice to be on the sidelines for a change.

Reading old journals and sifting through the past.  Happy, amazing, sad, devastating, traumatic memories.  Yep, I guess I really am middle aged.

Hoping to carve out a little time for some book-binding.

Loving the Spring sunshine.

Feeling more connected to myself than I have in a while.

Feeling more connected to my blog than I have in a long while.

Wishing for things that I can't even speak of.