Thriving and 55-ing

Today I get to celebrate my 55th birthday! In honor of this momentous occasion, I'm sharing 55 of my favorite things in life so far.

I have loved:

1. birthing and raising a child
2. being Carrie's mom
3. being Doug's wife
4. being Marti's daughter
5. being friends with my three amazing siblings
6. having Andrew and his boy Aaron in our lives
7. happy mail
8. hula hooping
9. blowing liquid soap bubbles
10. sparklers
11. practicing and teaching yoga
12. bubble gum
13. pet turtles
14. pet cats
15. Lucky the Dog
16. sitting on a mountainside
17. sitting on a beach blanket near the ocean
18. camping in a tent
19. breakfast burritos at camp
20. heart shaped rocks
21. drawing mandalas
22. teaching others how to draw mandalas
23. sewing quilts
24. painting
25. sketching
26. writing blog posts
27. being a homemaker
28. growing sunflowers
29. fresh flowers in my home
30. photography
31. dark chocolate
32. pizza with extra cheese
33. red wine
34. camo pants
35. yoga clothes
36. tattoos
37. sunshine, with a side of white puffy clouds
38. living in Arizona
39. baking cookies
40. frosting cupcakes
41. making a nice meal for people I love and not having to do the dishes
42. crafting with friends
43. coffee in the morning, made by Doug
44. being barefoot
45. the color blue
46. and red, orange, yellow, green and purple
47. traveling to England
48. meeting blog friends in real life
49. live music (especially acoustic guitar)
50. singing
51. the sound of Om
52. downward facing dog
53. nieces and nephews
54. 55 trips around the sun
55. being me. ♥

To all who have loved and supported and lifted me up, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

With so much gratitude from me to you,
♥ Deb