thankful

our little huff-revelette family

yesterday, i turned 28. i'm a little weird about birthdays, since it's just a day on the calendar. i'm way more into the idea of an anniversary of something (i.e. my first wedding anniversary was a month from yesterday, anniversary of beating a disease, etc.) it shows a commitment, it shows work. it shows progress.

i know my thoughts will not ring true with everyone as i know plenty of friends who absolutely love birthdays. they are so much more fun than i am :) what's new right?'

anyway, on my birthday, i was reminded of all the people i do have in my life, some for all 28 years, some for just a few (but hopefully for my next 28). my parents, my brother and sister, my in-laws, my friends...and of course, my husband. just being there and giving me hugs and love and...sushi (obviously).

and i know this might be one more weird thing to add to the hat...but my dog, sweet charlie, has been acting strange. we are not sure what it is, but the vet gave him some medicine to hopefully get him back up and running. on my birthday, i took charlie to the vet, and seeing him feel a little bit better last night (post medicine) was one of the best things i could have ever gotten for a birthday.

charlie all day yesterday (pity mode)

he's not going to live forever, as much as it kills me. and i am sort of living in denial at how old he is already. but i will call him making it august 28, 2013 a victory. i am happy he's still with me after all these years. all the ups and downs, the wedding, me moving to college, back from college, to la, back from la. he's seen it all. and he was with me, literally in my lap or in his bag all day long yesterday.

i do not value my dog over anyone else in my life, please know that. but i love him dearly, and he was a symbol of what/who really makes a birthday fun--if you're not the birthday party type. it's about having a few people show up and just hang out for a couple hours.

and it was wonderful.

i hope you have a magically wonderfully fantastic birthday when yours comes too.    - love, ashlyne

my mommy and daddy after sushi