I made it! 50 years old and going strong.
On my daughter Maggie’s birthday each year, I send (or do my best to send) an invitation to celebrate that includes the following text. Today, the invitation is for me:
“Join us in celebrating 50 years of life.
No presents please, plant a flower or a tree for me.”
Thank you for all your support for Alabama Chanin… and me.
As my father reminded me: “This is going to be the best decade of your life!”
xoNatalie
P.S: For those of you who have been asking, my cleanse was a success – or should I say a beautiful and permanent change of lifestyle: 25 pounds lighter and I feel 10+ years younger.
Now, on to cleansing my life, home and studio! It is going to be a wabi-sabi life – starting today…
Happy Birthday to you ! A joyful & healthy new year ahead !
Warm greetings from southern France
Happy, happy birthday, Natalie! Can I just say you’re amazing? So beautiful, inside and out, and I’m honored to know you! You go, girl! xo
50 is a new beginning to be embraced and celebrated and you are so ready. Happy birthday.
Happy Birthday and it’s good to read that your cleanse was a success. I want to try it. I will be 50 next year and want to lose weight and go “wabi sabi” too. I hope to celebrate my 50 years by going to your class at Penland. I hope that the 50s is the best decade!
welcome to middle age natalie. may all your wishes come true. gayle in far north queensland australia.
Wishing you a happy, creative birthday! Looking forward to peeking in on your wabi-sabi lifestyle!
happy birthday! thank you for always sharing so much inspiration! i’m excited to read more about this cleanse…congratulations! and best wishes to you! xo, juliette
Happy birthday, Natalie! I hope this will be a great decade for you, full of joy and great things.
I miss you and hope you’re well. We were just saying all sorts of good things about you at the Firehouse the other day–hope you’ll come visit again sometime soon.
xo,
Liesl
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! And thank you for putting a name to the life I have been working hard to live. Wabi sabi…I think I like it!
Joyeux anniversaire de tes 50 années productives! Je vous en souhaite encore beaucoup et encore!
Happy Birthday, Natalie!! Love Maggie’s sign! Peace and Love to you as you make many more trips around the sun!
happy birthday! 🙂
Your posts always fill me with such joy. Best wishes to you today and every day. I think I’ll sew something in your honor today!
happy birthday my dear
Happy Birthday Natalie and best wishes for many many more!
Teresa
as you celebrated your fiftieth (congratulations), i celebrated forty years out of high school. it was a week-end for significant anniversaries …