Today is my birthday! I'm 45. HOLY HELL!!! How and when did that happen?!!! It causes me to pause and reflect on my 35th birthday and a conversation I had with my baby brother that year.
BB: What do you want for your birthday sis?
Me: I can't tell you specifically - but it's a song by Queen!!!
BB: You want a fat bottom girl?
Me: NO!!
BB: A bicycle?
Me: NO!!
BB: I give up - what is it?
Me: I WANT IT ALL!!! AND I WANT IT NOW!!!
I was a divorced mother of two. I'd lost my children to my ex-husband - well actually handed them over because I was totally fucked up in the head and couldn't get my shit together and give them the attention I knew they deserved. I had a job I despised. I was flat-assed broke, constantly running from bill collectors. And yearning to be loved and cherished.
Fast forward 10 years: I have those two children back (although one pain in the ass grew up and moved off to college) PLUS a beautiful 8 year old daughter I never dreamed I'd have. A husband that loves me more than a man should love and cherish a woman. A job I absolutely adore (although it's the same job - I have a new outlook). My bills are paid and there is money left over each month. And people actually look at me as a mentor - so I am evidently either no longer fucked up in the head or have become a master of disguise!!
I HAVE IT ALL!!! AND I HAVE IT NOW!!!
So this year for my birthday - I want something else - also a song by Queen (because WHO DOESN'T FREAKIN' LOVE FREDDY??!!!!) - - - -
THE MIRACLE
The Miracle Lyrics
Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all
It's a miracle
All God's creations great and small
The Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal
That's a miracle
Test tube babies being born
Mothers,fathers dead and gone
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
The wonders of this world go on
The hanging Gardens of Babylon
Captain Cook and Cain and Abel
Jimi Hendrix to the Tower of Babel
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle
The one thing we're all waiting for is peace on earth - an end
to war
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle we're all waiting for today
If every leaf on every tree could tell a story that would be a
miracle
If every child on every street had clothes to wear and food to
eat
That's a miracle
If all God's people could be free to live in perfect harmony
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
Open hearts and surgery
(wonders of this world go on)
Sunday mornings with a cup of tea
Super powers always fighting
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
(wonders of this world go on)
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle
The one thing (the one thing) we're all waiting for (we're all
waiting for)
Is peace on earth (peace on earth) and an end to war (an end
to war)
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle peace on earth and end to war today
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!
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