<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Birthday-Reflections on Late Blooms</title><link>/tags/birthday-reflections/</link><description>Recent content in Birthday-Reflections on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/birthday-reflections/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>71st Birthday Reflections</title><link>/posts/71st-birthday-reflections/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/71st-birthday-reflections/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_1635&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignleft&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;525&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2012/71st-birthday-reflections/i-GgZGt2d/0/LkHGDZCLX7BMWJNxn9q5PZSpgLwsRsKQ6Kz446923/D/Cherry-Blossom-Angels-for-bio-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cherry-Blossom-Angels-for-bio-1024x576.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. ~ William Blake[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s hard to believe that another year has gone by so quickly.  It seems that it was just the other day that I turned 70.   As the years go by, time seems to go faster.  It was a very busy year for me.  I decided to  get a new kitty after my beloved Cali died.  My new cat, Ali, was just 9 weeks old when we brought him home.  He was very active and had a way of getting into everything.  I was overjoyed to have him but I had to muster lots of energy and stamina to care for my new &amp;ldquo;baby.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Celebrating Life - Birth Days &amp; Death Days</title><link>/posts/celebrating-life-birth-days-death-days/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/celebrating-life-birth-days-death-days/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Birthdays are celebrations of life when you are present to celebrate and can be actively involved in the celebration.  A &amp;ldquo;Celebration of Life&amp;rdquo; for you happens when you&amp;rsquo;re no longer around for the celebration - you&amp;rsquo;re dead.  (Jean)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, I&amp;rsquo;m around for this year&amp;rsquo;s celebration of my birthday today.  I have been actively involved in expressing the way in which I want to spend this birthday.  At times, my life&amp;rsquo;s journey has felt like being on a  roller-coaster ride and other times like a cruise ship sailing smoothly along.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>