Saying Hello To 40
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Today I am 40.
FORTY.
Dude. Can I still say dude? Actually, don't answer that because I'll probably still do it anyway.
Well, I'm writing this when I'm still 39. I imagine that tomorrow I will feel much like feel today which, like I wrote about last week, is pretty good.
I'm celebrating with many of the people I love most and missing some that are far away. My Mom's here. Paolo's here for a few days. Aaron's around. The kids are here. People are taking care of me and helping me celebrate and I'm letting them. That's a big step in the right direction for me.
Today I just want you to know how thankful I am for you. Thank you for being here and reading and supporting and signing up and cheering on and commiserating and asking good questions and encouraging and sharing and celebrating your own lives. Doing what I do has been a crazy, wonderful ride - one that I never expected to be part of my life experience.
Here's to many more opportunities to celebrate where we are right this very minute with open hearts.
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Happy birthday! What a wonderful picture of you with your parents. I see your face in both of theirs and thefaces of your children. Beautiful family. Beautiful life. Beautiful you!
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Sending birthday wishes your way a wee bit late. Wishing you many wonderful blessings, good health, and much happiness in the next decade of your life! P.S. Great throw back family picture!
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Happy belated birthday.
And, as a newly 36 year old, I truly hope saying "dude" is still acceptable,when you're 40. Because, dude? I'm gonna keep doing it, too.
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Perfect :)
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Happy, Happy Birthday Ali, again. Loved being 40 ;) Ali you look just like your mom
I am 66 and STILL say DUDE
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Happy Birthday Ali !
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Happy Birthday Ali! I turned 40 a couple weeks ago! It always amazes me how parallel our live are (sounds silly lol) and I didn't realize we were so close in age til you did the 39 layout. Hahaha! Happy Birthday Girlie!
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Happy Birthday Ali, enjoy your celebrations and your people!
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Happy Birthday Ali! Hope you have a special day! Many blessings in the year ahead!!!
Side note: Jenny B. I had a baby right before I turned 40 also. It was a little mind bending ;) It is kind of like being between two worlds. But the best!!!
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Have an amazing day, Ali. Here's to the best ever - for now, and may each year be better than the last!
Love to your and yours from me and mine.
Thanks for being here for us, you are totally amazing, lady :)
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Happy Birthday!!! 40 is great!!! Enjoy your day and celebrate YOU! You deserve it!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI!!!!
40 is GREAT!
Buon compleanno!
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Happy Birthday! you really are loved by so many more than you noted. One of them is me! Keep being real as that's how we connect. :)
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Happy Birthday, Ali! Forty looks great on you and I hope you have a beautiful and happy year. Thank you for sharing your life with us and you help us get our stories told. While there are so many inspiring people in the scrapbook industry, you have been the single greatest influence for me. You're the first blog I read and the first products I purchase again and again. Thank you. Have a great day!
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Happy Birthday, Ali!
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You already have plenty of wishes, but I'll throw mine in, too. May you enjoy a wealth of the happiest memories! Happy birthday and many, many more.
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Wishing you a very happy birthday! You have such a positive impact on many more than you realize. All the best you today...and forever!
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Happy Birthday, Ali! You are a joy!
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Happy Birthday, Ali! I hope the coming year is just wonderful for you!
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So happy you had an amazing birthday filled with family and friends Ali! Here's hoping you will reunite with faraway loved ones soon! Take care you. Suz
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Oh Ali!! Love and embrace 40! I think it is such a great age! At 40 you are experienced enough to understand life, love, and yourself--while still being youthful! Love the decade of your 40's -- enjoy this age, really. Next year I'll be 60! Eek! I remember when my mum turned 65 and she said "I know I'm old now, but I don't feel it. I still feel like I'm in my early to mid-twenties!" That has stayed with me all these years, as a testament to how unimportant numbers are -- my mum stayed young right to the end, while being authentically who she was regardless of age number. As 60 looms near, I try to keep her in mind! Happiest of Birthdays! Embrace!!
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