May your graceful and expansive soul continue to find great joy this year in the God who was both kind and creative (bizarre?) enough to make a woman like you.
May the small moments of peace and contentment, the bittersweet moments of strain and stretching, and the grandiose moments for remembrance be pieced together in a delicate kaleidescope of LIFE TO THE FULLEST!
May you find many charming gates to flourishing gardens of both green and soul, and may these hidden places refresh and renew you for the city streets and the hustle of this season.
May sonatas continue to fill your home, and may opportunities abound for us music-lovers to enjoy the sound of Brahms at your fingertips,
And may devlicious and beauticious kitchen creations continue to be paired with your long nights of reading, writing, and editing, and result in articles as tasty as your tarts and cakes.
And may the joys of timeless friendship pepper your days with wit and respite and wisdom and generosity. May you feel surrounded by a cocoon of goodness, because of all of us who have come to love you JUST AS YOU ARE.
