Today is my....

Today is my birthday. I am 43 years old. I have a husband who loves me more than life iself and always reminds me how he could not imagine his life without me. I have my great 6 kids, the best brother a sister could hope for, and a mother who would do whatever she could do for me that was within her capacity. So, what is the problem? Nothing really. My husband told me the things that I accomplished in my life and they included the successes I contributed to those in my past, how I made him a better person, personally and professionally,how I gave him the ability to be the father and the right to be a father, how I have blended the family, how I fought the fire of particular people who were not on our side...the list went on. I know that I will not die feeling as though I should have worked on something else, but it is hard to think about what I have done directly for me that did not involve someone else. Obviously, what I do for my family is for me becasue it is what I made my priority in life and that is where I belong. However, what do I own that does not involve anothe? Everyone that I have supported owns something. My husband owns his carreer. He gets paid money and numerous words of admiration. That is the type of ownership I speak of. My brother is always telling me that I need something of my own. I am working on that, at least that is what I keep telling him and myself. Anyway, I am 43 today. In front of me stands an incredible family with beauty, integrity and ambition. I guess I helped paint that picture. As far as something that belongs to me, I guess I own those 43 years.