32 & "to know the resilience of green"

1. today is my 32nd birthday & i am creating this list of 32!
   
2. today i wore the color orange.
3. my nest is full of eucalyptus & daisies & other color-full flowers. thanks, m.!
   
4. i now have a dvd player & new silver hoop earrings. thanks, fam!
5. i also have an aero-bed. thanks, s. & a.
6. i have received oodles of love e-mails & texts & cards & gifts & phone calls & hugs from philadelphia & portland, maine & portland, oregon & senegal, africa & colorado & new jersey & virginia & california & wyoming & new york city & rhode island & vermont & washington, dc.
7. i teared up while reading/receiving this message from j., "HAPPY days are ahead".
   
8. my co-workers surprised me by organizing a little gathering at one of my favorite sweet spots in the city. i enjoyed a warm chai latte & a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter icing. yummy! i also enjoyed sitting in a circle with these people, my co-workers, for whom i have the deepest affection. they create a space of light & laughter daily. awe-some.
9. bella placed a shiny birthday penny on my path which i discovered as i crossed over 15th street on my way back to work after an inspiring early morning meeting at a local university.
   
10. i received Chris Heeter's Wild Thoughts in my e-mail inbox and i am delighting in the perfection of this: "In a matter of days the landscape has transformed itself./Dusty brown fields now glow green/in the wake of storms./...green was still there, just out of sight,/waiting for the rains to awaken the hue./...To trust that the rains will come,/to follow the guidance of bright flowers,/to know the resilience of green.../This is a faith all its own."
11. on saturday i will be celebrating my birthday at the beach with my beloved roomie, l. l. is no longer my roomie. we live close by, three blocks between my nest & her nest. i will probably always refer to her as "my roomie."
12. i made a wish for clarity.
13. i made a wish for love.
14. next week i will travel to boston to visit with friends. soul friends. friends who are family.
15. this year, in autumn, i will travel to portland, maine for the first time.
16. this year i will attend my 10 year college reunion.
17. this year i will be ordained an interfaith minister.
18. this year friends from dc, ohio & colorado (and, perhaps friends from other places!) will visit me in my city & stay in my nest & rest their bodies on my brand new aero-bed!
    
19. this year i am being light.
20. i am writing.
    
21. i am collaging.
    
22. i am praying.
23. i am practicing & deepening my yoga practice.
24. i am practicing & deepening my meditation practice.
25. i am reading.
26. i am YES!
27. i am allowing.
28. i am creating structures that support me.
29. i am showing up.
30. i am dancing.
31. i am birthing.
32. i am grateful.