For the first 50 years of my life, my perfectionist self mistakenly believed it was all about knowing more, getting it right, planning, attempting to prevent bad things from happening, and keeping all of my chicks in a row. It took me this long to discover that the JOURNEY is all that matters. This quote from Gilda Radner sums it all up:

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
"


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

21 x 5




All of these girls are now 21 years old!


Julie, Parker, Kaylee, Kerry and Mel live in 4 different states, but made a point of getting together last weekend to celebrate the 21st birthdays of Mel (far right)  and Julie (far left).

 Mel and Julie have been roommates for over 3 years in college.
They just happen to share the same birthday too!


 Vance and I were delighted to be able to take them all out to dinner at Rizzuto's in West Hartford on Saturday.


Kerry turned 21 in July  (notice the eyebrow piercing is gone - yeh!)


There was good food,


tasty drinks,


and interesting conversation!








After dinner, Mel posed with a female "something"...


and Kerry was attracted to "something" else.


We walked to get something sweet for dessert.


 Mel and Julie are training to run a marathon next month, so they chose something healthy at Robeks.


Others chose a different sweet ending.


Then we sat outside on a beautiful fall evening to eat our desserts.




Happy 21st birthday, Mel and Julie!

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When we got home, Kerry and Kaylee got exciting news.  They had made a sculpture of comedian Miranda Sings out of a volleyball. They sent it to her and asked her to post a pic on Instagram.  She did!

After only 44 minutes, it had 5815 likes.





By the next night, it was increased to 12,868 likes!





Unbelievable, isn't it?

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