Today is my 38th birthday and I thought to mark the occasion I’d share 38 things from the 38 years I’ve been around. Not one per year and not in any special order either, just 38 random things that I appreciate, that I enjoyed, that I’m glad happened or that I always want to remember.
Milestones
Happy Birthday LP – Eleven Today!
Dear Little Pickle
I have been writing these letters to you since your very first birthday and each year the time seems to go just that much quicker. This year is no different. Your last birthday feels so recent and yet you’re already eleven, and starting secondary school in a few days time.
Little Man is Nine Today!
Dear Little Man
It feels like I only wrote to you for your eighth birthday two minutes ago – and now you are nine! You bring so much joy to our lives and as much as I loved your baby and toddler years, I am loving this bigger, kind, beautiful, knowledgeable boy you’ve become. Watching you grow and seeing you learn is one of my favourite things in life. It’s a pleasure.
A Decade of Our Little Pickle
Dear Little Pickle
I can’t quite believe that I’m already writing this letter to you. Your tenth birthday has come round so quickly. I still remember writing that very first letter to you and deciding I would make it a tradition, writing to you and any future children, each year on your birthdays.
Little Man is Eight!
Dear Little Man
How are you eight already? This will be your second pandemic birthday, spending the last one seeing relatives on the doorstep but having a great day anyway. This year, we’re allowed to see one other family at a time in the garden and so your celebrations will be stretched out to see everyone safely – but still at a distance. I hope next year can be normal for you.
Thank You
I say thank you a lot on here. I thanked the children’s teachers at the end of the year and I thanked them at the start of the pandemic too. I’ve also thanked readers and followers in years gone by.
But, never before have I really thanked the children. But this one is for them.
40 Before I’m 40 – Update February 2021
A while ago I wrote a list of 40 things to achieve and do before I turn 40 and so I thought it’s about time I wrote another update to let you know how I’m getting on with that challenge. So here goes!
9 Years of Our Little Pickle
Dear Little Pickle
I know I say this every year but it feels like yesterday you came into our lives. And yet it’s nine years since you were born, nine years since you made us parents and nine whole years since you changed our lives forever.
Little Man is 7 Today
Dear Little Man
Well, this really isn’t the birthday I expected it to be. This year is so different to every other year as we’re spending your birthday in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve been at home for over 7 weeks now and life has changed massively since I wrote my last birthday letter to you.
Things I’ve Learnt About Myself at 35
Today I turn 35. Halfway to 70. I know that whilst I was growing up that anything over thirty felt so old and so far away but now that I’m here, in my middle years, it feels like life has gone so quickly up until this point and I am willing it to slow down just a little. I want to stop and appreciate life before I find myself another ten years older.