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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Many happy returns of the day Ali (as we say in deepest North Devon , England :-) )
I will never be able to tell you how much your story means to me. Your personal mantra of the width and breadth resonates, your go-person-go cheer is replicated with my gang, your thoughtfulness, your understanding and sharing of your strengths and edges and your work on them makes me stop and think, your wonderful scrapbooking and creativity inspires...but the way you are dealing with your divorce and difficulties have helped me do better. My whole family and friends and colleagues get a better experience of me due to the lessons I learn from you sharing. For that I extend the thanks of us all and I wish you an amazing new decade on behalf of us all. I doubt I need to advise you, but as a nearly 42 year old I have really found a wonderful phase of my life and I am enhancing it with a kick-ass bucket list for my forties. So if you haven't done it,I recommend, I am loving my progress.
Your mum's hair is just splendid. I have seen recent photos of it and it is still splendid! Your photo is gorgeous, what a lovely family you have and what a great photo to have :-) happy birthday again and I hope you are spoiled as you well deserve after the wonderful spoiling you do for yours.
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Happy Birthday!!!!
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Happy, Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday! I admire your approach to life and all that it entails. Don't worry about saying "Dude". I still say "kiddo". So you know I'm past 40. And life is still good. Just gets better and better. Enjoy your day!
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I am 46, and I drop, "Dude," frequently. Welcome to the decade, young one. It is an interesting adventure.
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Happy life anniversary! Celebrating YOU, Ali!! You deserve nothing but the best, and as a woman who will turn 40 this coming February, I remember what an absolute privilege it is to get older~one that too many don't have. Couldn't love you more!!
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Happy happy happy birthday, Ali.
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Happy Birthday Ali, thank you being such an open and real person who shares her life with a world of strangers. You leave a positive mark on peoples lives all around the world xxx
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Hope you had a great day, Ali! I turned 50 just a couple of months ago. :) It was a big one, but not as big as my 40th...when I was pregnant with my 3rd child. (hahahaha...so much for all those cups that say "I'd rather be 40 than pregnant")
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Happy Birthday! Joyful to follow along with your journey!
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Happy birthday Ali!! Thank YOU for endless inspiration & always pushing me on the right track with my own scrapbooking & how to think more "story" to get the story told ;)
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Happy belated birthday Ali!
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Wow! Such a milestone birthday! Happy Birthday lovely lady. I've been enjoying your work since the beginning and I look forward to what great work you will share with us in the future.
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Happy belated birthday, Ali! You have accomplished much more than most 40 year olds that I know/have known, and you have done it so beautifully! Embrace it!
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Happy birthday Ali. You look fab! Being 40 is amazing.
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