{"id":1563,"date":"2011-10-13T23:46:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2012-10-12T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T10:55:09","slug":"birthday-blissings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/10\/birthday-blissings.html","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Blissings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My 53rd birthday is now almost ‘one for the books’ and I am reeling in amazement at how many people have shared my day with me, even if we had never met face to face. It began at around 3 a.m. when I awoke from a dream that was fortuitous, \u00a0about a problem I had with my computer that I resolved BECAUSE I was\u00a0 alerted in the dream state. Once up for a bit, I found myself paging through multiple sweet Facebook friend messages. The number of friend per Facebook page is\u00a0 5000 and I have maxed out; so imagine how many people had taken time to send me their wishes. One was from my parents who had awakened my sister Jan with a message\u00a0 from the other side, to pass on to me at that same wee small hour of the morning.\u00a0I responded one by one to each, making a heart connection via cyberspace. After going back to sleep for a few hours, I was sung to consciousness by my cousin Jody, after which I returned to my inbox that contained even more celebratory missives. Then there were beautiful cards and gifts that reflected the most important gift…the love that inspired them.<\/p>\n

I felt like Lucille Ball in\u00a0 the candy assembly line of the\u00a0I Love Lucy episode as I attempted to keep up with the flow. Each time I would thank one person, another greeting would pop up.\u00a0Kinda like the way Universe responds to our expression of gratitude in\u00a0general.\u00a0 \u00a0Throughout the day, I received voice mail messages; from Greg,\u00a0 Barb, Ondreah and Matthew and\u00a0some acapella serenades, including my professional singer friend Ben,\u00a0as well as\u00a0Gary, Phil and Janet, Naila\u00a0and my\u00a0sister who offered our ‘traditional hippo-birdies-two-ewes’ birthday benediction. Then\u00a0there were\u00a0more emails and a fun and colorful video from my friends Pam and Phil, decked out in purple finery.\u00a0 A beautiful\u00a0compliment came today in the form of a message from Pam’s 90 year old grandmother, a.k.a\u00a0 Rose Winsko Maliniak who had this to say about my newly birthed Bliss Mistress book:<\/p>\n

\u00a0“<\/span>I’m reading the book and I must say this Edie Weinstein is a very gifted writer. I feel like she’s in the room with me. I visualize the events. Love, MomMom” <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you, Rose, for your sweet words..quite a compliment. Your interest in the book has stretched my demographic beyond what I anticipated. Glad you are enjoying it. Goes to show you that Bliss Mistresses are ageless. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On my way home from work, I stopped at a nail salon where I had not been before,\u00a0in order\u00a0to have a pedicure. A few minutes after settiling my tired and in need of pampering feet into bubbling warm water, I notice a woman sitting two chairs down. We struck up a conversation and I found out that her name is Carol and she is re-creating her life following many transitions including the death of her father in 2008 and her mother this past March. Her dad, like mine, was athletic. Her mom; she felt\u00a0 had died of a broken heart…diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure, just like my mom. I suspect that in missing my father to whom she had been married for nearly 52 years, her heart was broken and longing for him as well. Tomorrow is their anniversary and I am so grateful that they are together. I was telling her about the book and the connections it has with my mom and she could relate. As it was with my mom, she was able to connect on a much deeper level. She purchased a copy on the spot and a further cosmic coincidence, as she pulled out her checkbook to pay for the book, I saw that she had lived in my neighborhood. My red painted tootsies danced in delight out of there.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My culinarily talented \u00a0son Adam cooked me dinner and baked me a cake. After indulging in the delicious meal, I headed to the gym where I ran into a friend named Sherrie who I had met there a month or so ago and had written about in the Bliss Blog entry called The Whole Package. We caught up on our lives and then I indulged in a cleansing workout\/playout.\u00a0 More messages keep flying in from all parts of the planet. As I prepare for much needed sleep tonight, I acknowlege that I am pretty darn blessed and that I am immersed in love, so sweet that I wish never to emerge from it. You are all a gift in my life<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/youtu.be\/bOqyygAQSX0<\/a>\u00a0 a blast from my past Thank You For Being A Friend by Andrew Gold <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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