Birthday Beaming 5

As we sat at a sidewalk table eating our gourmet cupcakes, a young man with several stalks of purple flowers came walking towards us. Without a word, he broke one off and lay it on our table. He kept going and didn't look back.

Birthday Beaming 4

We are dinner outside! In February! A big deal to me, living through Chicago winters. In Austin, the weather was so mild I carried my jacket outside and wore it indoors--they crank up the A/C.

I gave my husband some advice or reminder about his order and the server said, It's best to have a beautiful woman looking out for you.

Birthday Beaming 3

In "delish," in downtown Austin, my husband waited outside while I purchased my cupcake. The woman behind the counter spontaneously said, "Do you know you are a very beautiful woman?"

I am not, but I sure felt beautifuller right then, and you know what, I still glow a little.

Birthday Beaming 2

Here was my second birthday weekend unexpected interation:

Outside a clothing shop, a woman with heavy black eye liner points to an outfit and says to my husband, "You should buy her this dress!" and then "just kidding!" Okay, that's not that special. She was just chatty.

The weird thing was, walking around town later that day, I passed her TWO more times (that we noticed.)

Beaming on my Birthday

I was in Austin, Texas for my birthday in February. I had multiple positive encounters that must be recorded somewhere!

The first: At dinner in a wine bar, talking with my husband at a table. A younger woman (I am mid-50's so let's say she's early 30's) who was leaving the bar area stops by our table and says, "I just had to tell you that you seemed like an interesting person & I wanted to talk to you."

I said, It's my birthday, maybe I have an aura or glow.
What a pleasant surprise. And she didn't linger, or act weird, she continued on out.