Thirty-three

Posted on March 10, 2010 by elizabeth

Birthdaygirl I'm not doing a giveaway this year.

Or throwing myself a party.

I'm just sorta taking it all in. Relishing it. Savoring it.

I love getting older. To be honest, I've never been happier than I am right now.

The prevailing feeling I have today is gratitude. I'm immensely grateful for this life I've been given, for my precious family, for friends, for everything I've experienced. I'm thankful for the ability to write about it. 

I'd also like to thank you for taking the time to read here. I appreciate you–even when you disagree with me. I learn from you. Maybe you learn a little from me, too.

So, from the bottom of my heart: thank you.

I'd love to hear from you today. Wish me Happy Birthday from where you are? That'd make my day.

Cheers!

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  • http://terrybreathinggrace.wordpress.com terry@breathing grace

    Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

    Many blessings to you.

  • http://www.kathleenbasi.com Kathleen@so much to say, so little time

    Happy b-day from mid-MO!

  • http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com Fr Christian Mathis

    Happy Birthday! Hope you get to watch some Rachel Ray.

  • velinka marton

    Happy, Happy Birthday, Elizabeth, from MI!! May it be a sweet day for you!

  • Hannah

    Happy birthday from your random lurker in Oxford, England! Hope you have an absolutely fantastic day!

  • Laura

    Happy Birthday from Nijmegen, NL! (or gelukkige verjaardag, I should say…) Hope this next year is even better than the ones before it.

  • http://bucketofparts.blogspot.com Emily

    Happy birthday! And my, you look pretty in that picture!
    I LOVE getting older too. So glad someone else feels the same way.
    Enjoy!

  • http://faithandfood.morizot.net/ Scott Morizot

    Happy birthday! Maybe you can cook a meal in 33 minutes now?

  • http://ifmeadowsspeak.blogspot.com/ Tammy@If Meadows Speak….

    Happy Birthday! I’m from Texas. :)

  • http://www.candacemercyisnew.blogspot.com Candace

    Happy Birthday from East TN! :) I turned 33yrs in December…it’s a great year! Hope you year continues to be full of blessings for you!

  • http://www.smoochagator.com Smoochagator

    Happy Birthday from Virginia Beach!

    I, too, am enjoying getting older and (hopefully, depends on who you ask) wiser.

  • Abi

    Happy Birthday from Bournemouth on the South Coast of the UK.

  • http://trainstutusandteatime.com Corinne

    Happy Birthday :) Hope you have a wonderful day!

  • http://www.flythroughourwindow.com Darby

    Happy Birthday from Alabama!! I’ve been reading for a few weeks and enjoy all that you share!! Thanks for teaching me!!

  • http://chandlerpoppa.blogspot.com Jim Chandler

    Happy Birthday, from Newport News, VA

  • http://katieballard.wordpress.com Katie

    Happy Birthday from Ohio!

  • http://www.mollypiper.com Molly Piper

    Happy birthday, friend! You’re still one of my favorite bloggers!

  • http://brambleberrygrace.blogspot.com/ Katie S.

    Happy birthday from Minnesota! Hope this is a year full of blessings!

  • Paula

    Happy Birthday from Ontario Canada! Have a wonderful Day.

  • http://noheavylifting.blogspot.com Dawn Farias

    Happy Birthday from San Antonio! And a fellow 33ian.

  • http://www.heidijowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com Heidi Jo

    happy birthday from shivering south dakota! i couldn’t agree more.

  • http://nomoredegrees.blogspot.com happy Geek

    Happy Birthday from Calgary! That blouse of yours is just too cute!

  • Cherith

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth from North Carolina!

    I really, really appreciate your blog and your honesty. You are an encouragement to me time and time again.

    God bless you and your precious family!

  • http://nightpsalms.wordpress.com Becky Laparra

    Happy birthday from Minnesota, Esther! I really enjoy your blog. I’ve been super blessed, and laughed a lot! :)

  • http://www.musingsofacatholiclady.blogspot.com/ Michelle

    Happy Birthday from Kansas City!!!!

  • http://www.laurissalynn.blogspot.com Laurissa

    From all the way out in Saskatchewan, Canada….happy birthday!!! Have some ice cream to celebrate!

  • smith

    Happy Birthday from Texas!

  • http://www.meggiesimmons.blogspot.com Meggie

    Happy Birthday from South Carolina!

  • Dorothy

    Happy Birthday!

    Just a random lurker from Chiang Mai, Thailand. . .I’m an american missionary working with orphaned and abandoned kids.

    God bless your day.

  • scottpcusa

    Happy Birthday! I hope you have a spectacular day! :)

  • http://ofloveandababy.blogspot.com Elyse

    Happy happy birthday to you, from Southern California! I love getting older too. With each year I feel more comfortable in my skin, more aware of who I am, and who He wants me to be.
    May your day and year be overwhelmingly BLESSED!

  • http://www.joyinthisjourney.com Joy

    Happy birthday to you! I love your approach to birthdays and getting older. I know I wouldn’t go back if given the option! (And being thirty-four isn’t so bad, either!)

  • http://lesliewiggins.com Leslie

    I’m kind of new to your blog, but I’m enjoying it so far. Happy Birthday!!

  • http://quiveringdaughters.blogspot.com Hillary

    Happiest of birthdays!!! May it be your loveliest year ever. <3<3<3

  • Gail Brightbill

    Happy birthday! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, your gift of writing, with your readers. I’ve so enjoyed them since discovering your blog a month or so ago. G

  • Kaycee

    Happy Birthday from Michigan!

    I love that you love where you are right now – I try so hard to be like that too. :)

  • http://www.minthegap.com MInTheGap

    Happy birthday– caught up with me for the next few days until I get ahead of you again!

  • mary ann

    Happy Birthday from Tennessee.Really really love your compassionate writing and lovely family.

  • http://MeditativeMeanderings.blogspot.com Susanne Barrett

    Happy Birthday from the mountains east of San Diego! Many happy returns, you young thang, you!

    My birfday was last week, and I have 11 years and 8 days on you! :)

  • http://laladyinwhite.blogspot.com colleen

    happiest birthday to you elizabeth, from just a little jaunt away in pasadena :)

  • http://ayoungmomsmusings.blogspot.com/ Young Mom

    Happy birthday from Manitoba Canada!

  • http://debsueknit.blogspot.com DebbieQ

    Happy Birthday to you!!! And personally speaking, as I approach the big 50, I wouldn’t go back to being younger. I love this age.

  • http://papuagirlindallas.blogspot.com/ Kacie

    Selamat Hari Ulang Tahun! (that’s Happy Birthday in Indonesian) from Dallas, TX

  • http://semicrunchymama.wordpress.com Crystal @ Semi-Crunchy Mama

    Happy Birthday from Massachusetts!

  • http://thatmarriedcouple.blogspot.com/ That Married Couple

    Happy birthday from Pennsylvania!

  • http://http:www.xanga.com/SJohnson0107 Sarah

    Happy birthday from Minnesota. I check your blog everyday!

  • Debra

    Happy Birthday from KC MO!

  • http://www.beautifully-simple.blogspot.com hanna

    Happy birthday from San Francisco!

  • http://www.sonlightblog.com/ Luke Holzmann

    Happy Birthday!

    ~Luke

  • Jennifer

    Happy Birthday, friend! From Anaheim Hills, CA. :)

  • http://thewilcoxes.blogspot.com Cara

    A very happy birthday from the ‘burbs of D.C.! Isn’t growing older wonderful? Who would want to go back to their early twenties??

  • Kris

    Happy Birthday from Washington,Michigan!

  • http://thejcrew-kj.blogspot.com/ kathy

    Happy, Happy Birthday from our homestead in NE!

    Many blessings to you!

  • juliea

    Happy Birthday from Indianapolis,Indiana. Thank you for your insights and your passion.

  • http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com Erin

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth:)

  • Joel

    Happy Birthday from more friends in Anaheim Hills, CA!!!

  • Fiona

    Many Happy Returns! from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Lang may yer lum reek.

  • http://cajoh.blogspot.com Christopher (AKA: CaJoh)

    Many Happy Returns of the Day from Chi-town.

    Just started reading, so I don’t have much of an opinion yet. Looking forward to reading your posts through the coming year and beyond.

  • stephanie

    Happy Birthday!

  • http://www.emergingmummy.com Sarah@EmergingMummy

    Joyeux anniversaire, l’ami ! Beaucoup de bénédictions de Dieu sur votre an en avant de Canada.

  • amy k

    Happy Birthday from Encinitas!! I am 4 days older than you, and agree that 33 feels perfect right now!

  • http://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.com Holly

    Happy Birthday from Indiana -where it is finally beautiful.

    Thirty three….I’d take that again. But that would have been four pregnancies ago, so maybe not. :)

    Best, best wishes for a great year!

  • http://nowealthbutlife.com Rae

    Happy birthday from MS!

  • Rachael

    A great big happy birthday from Queensland in Australia. Your blog ALWAYS makes me think, often challenges me and regularly makes me laugh out loud.

    Thank you, Rachael

  • http://Www.kampkk.blogspot.com Kimberly

    Happy birthday

  • http://kevinmartineau.blogspot.com Kevin M.

    Happy birthday from Vancouver Island, British Columbia! May God bless you richly in the coming year!

  • Krista

    Happy birthday from Chattanooga, Tennessee! Thank you for your willingness to write about your journey. It’s great to read such humilty and vulnerability.

  • Canadian Leanne

    Bonne fete a toi. Que ta journee soit remplie de bonheur et de Milano a la Menthe.

  • http://www.passionateperseverance.blogspot.com Mary

    Happy Birthday from Fairfax, Virginia. I hope your day is filled with laughter and wonder.

  • http://www.fromthepulpitofmylife.blogspot.com/ Ruth Ann

    Happy birthday, Elizabeth. I’ve heard 33 is the perfect age! Enjoy!

  • Valerie

    Happy birthday from western australia!

  • http://catholicmutt.blogspot.com CM

    Happy Birthday from the midwest!

  • http://thinkinggrounds.blogspot.com Christian H aka English Clergyman

    Happy birthday to you,
    Happy birthday to you,
    Happy birthday, dear Elizabeth,
    Happy birthday to you!

    Yay!

  • Stacey

    Happy 33rd Birthday from Old Town Tustin, CA. Cheers :)

  • http://www.soozywoozy.blogspot.com Suz

    Happy birtday from India.. you definitely add a special flavour to the blogosphere..

  • Liza

    Happy birthday from west TN! Thank you so much for your honesty and open mind. Love your blog!

  • Amber

    Happy Birthday from Calgary! God Bless you and your family.

  • Martha Noble

    Happy Birthday from West Chicago, Illinois (about 30 miles straight west of the Loop)

  • http://humblemusings.com Amy

    Happy birthday from the land of the REAL Disney World. ;)

  • Sandy

    Bappy Hirthday from Mansing Lichigan!!!!

  • http://www.lorimcktia.blogspot.com Lori McKenna

    Happy birthday from Southern California Elizabeth. I wish you all the happiness you had last year and much more this year. God bless and keep you and may you feel His love and His Holy Spirit with you every day. I love your blog so although you feel it’s a gift to you to be expressing yourself and writing it, I feel it’s a gift to me to be reading it. Again, HAPPY 33 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN!
    Blessings,

  • Jackie

    Happy Belated Birthday from New Orleans, LA!!!

  • Sabrina Berry

    Happy Belated 33rd Birthday Elizabeth!You wear it well and it shows in all your beautiful words and insight you share with us. Much love and happiness to you from the Orange Hills in So.California.

  • http://downhillbothways.com Abraham

    I’m late, but…Happy Birthday!

  • Jennifer

    Happy Happy Birthday–all the way from NC! Hope you had a wonderful time celebrating life!

  • http://www.oldhousekitchen.blogspot.com Carmen

    A very Happy (belated) Birthday!!
    Carmen in Indiana

  • http://livelifeartfully.blogspot.com Jenn

    Happy birthday from the west coast.

  • http://magicalrealist.blogspot.com Dana

    Happy birthday! I’m only a few months away from that one myself. I regret that I never finished emailing you months back. I sent a short one and started a longer one that got lost in the grad school haze… but I’m still here from time to time, reading and appreciating.

  • http://jasminlovescoffee.blogspot.com Jasmin

    Happy belated birthday! :)

  • http://jasminlovescoffee.blogspot.com Jasmin

    Forgot to add from where…

    …from Los Angeles. :)