Well, today I have completed 49 orbits around the Sun.  I’m not sure really why we measure our lives by that fact.  It is mostly used to judge us as “too young” or “too old” to be included in certain things.  As a child it mattered because there were generally privileges coming “when you are ten” that you couldn’t wait to get.  I guess it was a form of affirmation that your value was increasing and your personal liberty was growing.

Liberty is so important to the human soul. So is affirmation of worth.  So here’s to birthdays and what they mean in all our lives.  I start my next orbit grateful for the friendship circle that God has gathered around me.  I have soooooo many quality friends and family members.  Sherry is the perfect wife for me.  She understands me so well.  My children are all I could ever dream of them to be.  I love the work I have been called to do and the many Asian young men and women that have become our children as well.  All of this from the Father.  

Well, time to start my next orbit.  Gotta get to it.