Wrapping Party 2009 for the Frank Iovieno Caring for Children Foundation was a huge success!  (Check out the new web design!)  When all is said and done, over 230 children will have a merrier Christmas thanks to the efforts and generosity of hundreds of sponsors and volunteers.  Big Girl and I drove to Boston to attend the event, my first ever Wrapping Party, and came home with swollen hearts and many new friends.  It was a fabulous way to spend my 40th birthday, focusing this milestone date on the calendar in sharp perspective.

People seemed shocked that, not only was I not at home in my bathrobe  locked in my bedroom with a bottle of wine and box of tissues, but that I was genuinely happy to face my “big day” with a smile on my face.  I keep wondering if I should be more depressed since that is what everyone seems to expect from me, but I can’t quite bring myself to wallow.  I have been blessed with 40 glorious years on this planet, and have everything worth wishing for….what is there to be sad about?  I do have to stop that little voice in my head that wants to mark it as a halfway point…but I guess  it’s all about perspective.  Why waste my precious time lamenting the passing of another year, when I can be celebrating the fact that I have had another year worth celebrating?

And although I was too busy to give my camera a good workout, I did take one photograph worth sharing.

Isn’t he wonderful?!  🙂