Turning half a century

Wow, this is it; finally i hit the big 5-0, i have crossed the half century mark! 50 years of life, and i know i will never see another 50. The 1st b-day sms came from my eldest princess; she had taken the trouble to send it off in the early morning hours to make sure hers would be the first to greet me when i 'on' my phone. When i came downstairs,i noticed a huge Strong's Bible Concordance on the dining table. I thot it must be that girl again, leaving her things all over the place, tho i was telling myself, hmmm, this girl is really serious into Bible study,using fierce Concordance all...then i walked into the kitchen to be greeted with a sinkful of ants and a melting fridge, becoz someone had not bothered to wash up properly and neglected to close the fridge door... I had a good mind to wake up everyone there and then to give them a lecture about household chores. That is till i noted a small piece of paper on the Concordance, and opened the 1st page and read all the 3 kids b-day wishes for me.... all the irritation, anger, etc melted then. Esp when i read what my no.2 wrote on the present -dearest mama, I dont know what this is, but i am sure you'll like it... ha ha. How timely to be reminded that life is really more than dirty sinks and left-open fridges... I knew the Concordance was expensive. I had eyed it many times before but decided too expensive, and had got myself a cheaper one. I had only mentioned this to my no.1 when we were attending Bible class together last week. And here it was, some more in large print!
So i was in pretty good mood when i left for work on my bday morning. And at school, i had another nice surprise - the teachers had all shared to buy me a bouquet of pretty pink roses... soooo sweeet... i hvn't received roses in some 9 years already, since my hubby left.
The treats continued... my no.2 got tix for a live stand-up comedy show featuring Jit Murad and Joanne Kam for the family at nite. The only trouble was she didn't know the reputation of Joanne Kam, well- known for her risque jokes.The tix weren't cheap either, so against my own inclination we went anyway; after a good dinner treat by my brother. The theartre was packed, small as it was; tho none of us really enjoyed the jokes. Personally i felt poking fun at man's reproductive organs and treating sex as casual lust wasn't particularly funny.
Anyway, to wrap up the celeb,since it was also mother's day, i opened house for a pot-bless dinner on the following nite with my close church 'kaki'. We laughed, ate, prayed, yakked... It didn't matter that my dinner plates didn't match,or that i forgot to put in the key ingredient for my signature dish, so we had jiu hoo char without the jiu har; didn't matter that the cake was a bit smashed up, becoz it couldn't fit into my small fridge; didn't matter i dint have matches in the house, so we just had the cake w/out the candles.... ha ha, i just felt so so blessed...
at age 50, I have the best of everything... the love of God, the love of family, the love of my dearest brothers and sisters in the faith. And i realise that's God's plan for everyone actually; that's what human life is all about; whether we are 5,15 or 50. Thank God, thank God I am experiencing this wonderful, wonderful life of blessing beyond all the things that this world can offer me; this is IT!

For Jesus said, " The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full"... John 10:10