Today is my birthday and as I reflect on what I wanted to be when I grew up

Today is my umpti-smurgilicious Birthday! As I look in the mirror and get the reflection back of who I have become and recall what I wanted to become, I must say I am rather satisfied with the picture.
No, I am not going anywhere. I am DAMN healthy. Couldn't kill me with an axe, as my father used to say of my mother's superb health.
But birthdays do offer one pause to reflect.
So here is a list of what I have not yet accomplished, but wanted to:

• no NYT list
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• no fortune
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• not really even 3 minutes of fame coming my way.

BUT, here's what I do have (and something tells me there is not enough space here to list all those things I really should):

• lots of awards for my writing


• many placements in Book Clubs


• enough $$$ earned writing to send our kids through private high school and college


• a legacy to them of loving books, the written word and great movies


• a respect by them for art in all forms


• a desire by them to be artists...while coping with the necessity to be corporate good boys and girls


• my acquisition of so many friends who love books and the written word, whether they themselves are writers or not


• my wonderful marriage of many decades to a man whose support I valued for my decision to NOT be an eternal corporate person
• my love of what I do every day and an endless supply of ideas to


• the ability to earn money at it


• the joy of creating


• the joy of being what I know I was meant to be when I came here...so many years ago!

And the cover at the top? My new release FOR HER HONOUR at http://www.total-e-bound.com/ , the second in the SWORDS OF PASSION series about 3 Crusaders who fight for their lives and their loves in the reign of King John of England. Scrumptious cover, yes?