They say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday too–yeah.

In honor of my 45th birthday, I put together a list of 45 things that I believe are the essence of me. These words finish the following sentence about me:

I am (a/an)

1. Mom
2. Wife
3. sister
4. daughter
5. optimist*
6. realist*
7. lover of photography
8. generous
9. bean counter
10. introspective
11. easy-going
12. sensitive (overly)
13. smart
14. nature lover
15. animal lover
16. ocean gazer
17. thinker
18. reader
19. drawer (as in one who draws, not part of a dresser) lol
20. curious
21. over-thinker
22. voter
23. skinny on the inside
24. not-so-much on the outside
25. food lover
26. specifically, ice cream lover
27. teacher (to my son)
28. listener
29. peaceful
30. go with the flow kinda gal
31. Libra
32. coffee drinker
33. focused*
34. sarcastic
35. passionate
36. Mona Vie drinker
37. tree lover
38. independent*
39. silly
40. calligrapher
41. perfectionist
42. cooker
43. baker
44. young at heart
45. 45 years old, today.

*words I got from my hubby.