I wonder what I would have gotten my mother for her 74th birthday. Would it have been something with a beach theme? One of her favorites. Would it have been a picture frame to place photos of her beloved family? Would it have been something to support her new hobby? Mother always had a new hobby.  Mother was always growing and evolving.  November 4th.  My mother’s birthday. This is the 15th birthday we have celebrated without her.  She left us when she was 59 years old. 

15 birthdays.  Today I will continue to grow. Evolve. I will look at the world with wonder. I will love big.  I will live large. I will continue to write. I will keep moving forward. This would have been all my mother would have wanted on her 74th birthday.  

Happy Birthday, Mother.