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Looking at all that I should be happier overall than I actually am.



We celebrated my mother's 80th birthday yesterday....She apparently told the dentist last week that she's "going for 100." How cool is that. May I love life that much when I'm 80.
Two years ago she had both hips replaced 4 months apart- she's one strong, beautiful woman- so now I tell her to just go wear those hips out. Which it appears she is intent on doing- volunteering at the elementary school this fall (she's a retired nurse) and this past year she helped care for a 42 year old woman who was dying of brain cancer- 2 x weekly until the woman went to hospice.

Anyway, she was telling me over YUMMY BIRTHDAY CAKE (which happys me) how she was watching some guy recently on PBS who was talking about the subtle but profound difference from being "nowhere" to being "now here.".

My beautiful mother (now channeling Ram Dass) happys me.

"Let your soul shine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, ****** sure better than rain." -ABB