In honor? of turning 37..... Wait a minute. Ummmm....huh? How did that happen? Where did the last, oh
decade go? I
just turned 30 right? Nope. Guess not. *sigh
Where was I? Oh yeah. In honor (still not sure if that's the right word) of turning 37, this post will be in the vein of others I've read. Some are things I've learned in my X years. Me? I learn something new daily, which is something I think we should all strive for. Learn something new. Even if that is something as complex as a new skill or a new word or a random fact. Your mind should continue to expand. And no, not the head expansion from too many compliments. This will be about 37 things I've seen. From the random to the "bucket list."
Sooooo, here's my list of things for the recent anniversary of my birth.
1. Many sunrises
2. Many more sunsets
3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
4. A soft rain shower in the midst of a beautiful, bright sunny day
5. The Pantheon in Rome
6. A double rainbow
7. The canals of Venice, Italy
8. A lunar eclipse
9. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
10. A rocket taking off (from about 2 miles away)
11. The Passion Play at Eureka Springs, Arkansas {Info found
here}
12. Verona...where there actually was a Capulet family and a Montague family, although there is no record of the "star-crossed lovers" bit per Shakespeare
13. Rain coming down sideways. Happens in the Acores. We lived on Terceira for 3 years. Reason for the rain? The storms can move so fast that the rain doesn't have time to come down...straight
14. The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum in London, England
15. A dust storm in Saudi Arabia
16. The Louvre in Paris, France
17. A mountain whose top was covered in snow on a hot day in June (seen from a few miles away)
18. The Roman Forum
19. A wave of dust from cars flying down a dirt road
20. The Trevi Fountain in Rome
21. The first buds of flowers awakening in spring
22. Trajan's Column
23. Strangers of both sexes holding a door open for someone they didn't know
24. Tower of London
25. A circus with clowns and performers
26. Tower Bridge (the London Bridge from the song is actually
not even in England although there are quite a few bridges in London that cross the Thames River)
27. A child's smile when they see their parent for the first time in 6 months
28. Arc de Triomphe
29. A spouse tear up when their military member gets off the bus after being deployed and in harm's way for months
30. Notre Dame
31. A mother and son reunited because of a wedding ceremony
32. Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
33. Too many funerals (and not done by any means....the hardest ones are still to come)
34. EuroDisney in Paris, France
35. Leaves turning shades of red, yellow, orange, and brown
36. Circumstances and lives changed through prayer to Jesus Christ
37. The smile on my guy's face when we said our vows almost 14 years ago