Being Forty is not a Sin*

To me-- old age is always ten years older than I am.

--John Burroughs

Yesterday I turned 40. The first birthday without my mom. Still I am grateful for all, I am still surrounded by lovely people. I have my healthy father, my beloved hubby and the girls, my brother, my sister, my in laws, and the whole nieces and nephew and last but not least, my best friends. There are lots to be grateful about. Instead of regretting what we don't have, it's better to focus upon what we have. God knows what the best for His mankind. Nothing to be doubted about.

Since Zea's birthday, 1st January was a holiday therefore we just celebrated her birthday at school yesterday.  I ordered several bentos for Zea's classmates. They turned out to be really cute. The yellow rice was set out as the Angry Bird's character. Thanks to Mbak Yanti for the bento. 


*Title is inspired by Golda Meir's quote, 'being seventy is not a sin'.

5 comments:

ferina January 18, 2013 at 3:15 PM  

wah... happy birthday, mbak
lots of love and happiness for you and your family :)

itu bento-nya lucu banget.... :D

riana January 20, 2013 at 6:26 AM  

@ferina: aminnnnn...thanks a lot dear *hugs*

mia January 22, 2013 at 4:06 PM  

Bentonya lucu Mbaaak :)

Selamat ulang tahun ya *pelukjauh*
Dan selamat juga untuk 5 tahun blogging, keep writing and blogging, saya pengunjung setia blog Mbak :)

Wish you lots of love and happiness, Mbak. Cheers to life!

kiky January 22, 2013 at 11:12 PM  

Ontajobi omidetou Riana-san!
sama2x januari kita ya...? hahahhaha

riana January 24, 2013 at 9:28 AM  

@Mia: Aminnnnn.....thanks a lot for the birthday wishes and the blog anniversary wishes. Best wishes for you, too mia dear *peluk sampe sesek* :D

@kiky san: waduhhh...baru setahun di japanese company, bahasa jepun mu sudah lancar, daku yg 9 tahun, kok cuma tau 'mosi-mosi' ya, huahahahaha...thanks yaaa...*toss sbg sesama januariers*