Okay - I admit it... I'm certifiably a birthday princess. Maybe it's because my sister was born on my 2nd birthday and because of that there was a high emphasis on making us feel special on both birthdays and half birthdays. I don't know... but sometime I feel back for Jason trying to figure out exactly how I want to celebrate. I caught myself telling Jason that I wanted a party with friends for my birthday. I wanted him to tell everyone that it was my birthday but that I didn't want anyone to know it was my birthday. That's a little psychotic...
One of the worst incidents was my first birthday with Jason in Turkey. He was new to the community on base, so I typed up the birthday dinner e-mail invite (before evite.com) and gave him the list of friends to send it to. He forwarded the e-mail without making any edits and simply wrote his name at the bottom of the e-mail. Anyway - the e-mail was full of my jargon ("heaps of fun," "peeps," etc) and when Jason forwarded the e-mail it changed the color of the font to only his name - clearly exposing that I had wrote the e-mail. I was humiliated and I think we broke up soon after (and we were married less than a year later - hah!)
Anyway - this year my birthday was a beautiful day! Jason and Charlie surprised me with a coffee and muffin in bed, Jason made a yellow cake from scratch. and a friend offered to watch the boys while we went out to dinner and a movie (Mission Impossible - very fun). I also found a friend in NZ who is ALSO a birthday princess and celebrated half birthdays! Fun to find a kindred spirit...
Speaking of spirit, Charlie is confused by the Spirit and spears... He talks about the Holy Spear. He also thinks Jesus is in my heart, sort of like Baby Liam was in my belly. Looking for wisdom!
Promise pictures soon - Jason is helping me to clean up my iPhone tonight!
Well, God does "pierce our hearts". I don't know if I'm right, but I wouldn't worry. Pray, speak the truth but enjoy the preciousness of Charlie's working out Who Jesus is. He'll have to do that all his life, wrestle with thoughts and concepts that are new, old, as he explores God's word on his own and walks out his own living faith.
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