Today is a very special day.
On this day, our dear Auntie Leila (or, as some of us are fortunate enough to call her, Mom) came into our world.
This year she's turning a big number.
Of course, you understand that I mean big in importance, not in age. My mother is extremely young.
This number, though…it's number with a zero at the end. It's half of a very important number, one with two zeroes at the end.
So, please join all of us here at LMLD in wishing this cheerful,
I don't have many pictures on my computer!
lovely
Happy birthday, Mom! I love you.
Mat. Emily says
Happy, happy Birthday!!
Charlotte (Waltzing says
Happy Birthday, Auntie Leila! I hope you have a wonderful day. I am sure you will be treated like a queen all day! And I have to second your daughter's comment. You don't look old enough to have grown, married children. You must have been a child bride! : )Have an amazing day!
NorahS says
Happy Birthday, Leila! I hope it is a wonderful year.
Butterfly Momma says
Happy, happy birthday Leila!! May you have a truly blessed day surrounded by those you love. Thank you for allowing us into your world! 🙂 God bless!
Leila says
Oh wow, what a surprise! How embarrassing. Thanks, Deirdre! You are amazing. Don't forget to study ;)I love you!!
Beth says
Happy Birthday!
Sarah says
Happy Birthday! I think that the advice that you give is so great. Thanks for all that you do,SarahEngland
Leila says
Ha ha! Sorry Suki!!!I love you!! You don't have to study if you don't want to, as you are not in finals week. You are amazing.Still embarrassed, only possibly more so, but loving,Mom
Melanie B says
A very happy birthday and many happy returns of the day.
Freckled Hen says
Happy Birthday, Leila! You are so beautiful!
AntfarmMom says
Happy Birthday! Blessings on your day! I enjoy your blog!Thanks,A new reader
Bethany says
Happy Happy Birthday!
Sara says
You're too funny….Happy birthday, Lovely Lady!
becomewhatyouare says
Wishing you a very happy birthday! May you live a long and happy life. May you meet all of your great grandchildren.God bless you and Mary keep you!
Yvette says
Happy Birthday Leila! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day with your family. 🙂 Thank you so much for all the work that goes into your posts and providing us with such a wealth of encouragement and information. From a grateful reader,Yvette 🙂
Hillary says
A very happy birthday to you!
Sandy says
Happy Birthday, Leila; we love you too!
Amy E says
Happy Birthday Leila!
CarlynB says
May God grant you many years! Have a wonderful birthday.Carlyn
window into our life says
Celebrate big : ) Happy Birthday! Sandi
AmyRobynne says
Happy birthday!
chrisHews says
Happy Birthday Leila!Thank you for your writings and wisdom shared. You are part of an extended family many of us lack, and share wisdom many of us have never been exposed to.God Bless!Chris
Decadent Housewife says
Happy Birthday, Leila!
Kimberlee says
Happy, happy birthday to you! I hope you have a delightful day, filled with lovely things that make you happy, surrounded by those you love.
Stephanie says
Happy birthday to a beautiful woman! Thanks for all of your encouragement! Have a wonderful day!
Sarah says
Wishing you a beautiful day, Auntie Leila. I am so blessed by you!
Kari says
Happy Birthday to you!Thanks for all your willingness to be "Auntie" and share your wisdom with complete strangers!Happy, happy, Birthday!Kari
Jill says
Oh Happy Happy birthday Leila! I THOUGHT we might be the same age (after reading several of your posts about growing up and comparing them to my growing up years in a liberal hippie/intellectual town in New Mexico)!!A wise woman at my church told me to do a study in the Bible of the Year of Jubilee (it occurs every 50 years) and to make this year my "Year of Jubilee"…I hope that this year is for you a year of jubilation and joy and celebration of the blessings you have received from the hand of Jesus Christ!Jill F. in the sunny Pacific Northwest
Joy from the South says
Happy, Happy Birthday! to an amazing woman. I'm a wee bit older than you (I'll be 51 soon) and I so enjoy reading your blog – you bless me with every post!
alpineflower says
Happy birthday, Auntie Leila! I found your blog back in January, and proceeded to read every. single. post. over the succeeding couple of weeks. I admit that I dreamed about your lovely family, I was in that deep. Your advice and perspective help me give myself grace in my home – I'd rather emulate your Reasonably Clean house than Martha's refolded linens any day! 🙂
Emily (Laundry and L says
What a beautiful tribute to a lovely woman! Happy Birthday, Auntie Leila!
Tamara says
Have a wonderful birthday!!
Nurya Love Parish says
So glad you are using your gifts to create this blog! I thank God for your life.
Bobbi says
A very merry birthday to you, Auntie Leila! You're beautiful…and I'm so grateful the wisdom you share, so full of wit!!
Shawna says
Happy birthday Auntie Leila! Wishing you the best of good days! I will pray for your intentions today.
Domestic Accident says
Happy Birthday, Leila! Thanks for being a blessing in my life!
Betsy says
God Bless you on your Birthday Leila!
onedeepdrawer says
oh yes! many happy returns of the day!may God's peace keep you always!
Paula says
Happy Birthday! I'll be joining you next year!
MomCO3 says
Oh, Happy Birthday, Aunt Leila!
Melody says
Happy Birthday! Thank you for sharing your not only your wisdom and practical insights on this blog, but something more…a motherly presence that points to God. Thank you for being an example and for sharing yourself.
Anna says
Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing your perspective on life, it has really enriched mine.
Mrs. Pickles says
Happy Birthday, Auntie Leila! I'm going to echo several other posts and say thank you so much for being our good auntie — for opening your home to us so willingly and sharing what you've learned. You have been such an inspiring and encouraging voice! May God bless you richly for all the gifts you've given us! Enjoy your day!(and thanks, Suki, for letting us all know!) 🙂
Margo says
dear Leila, You are just beautiful -inside and out.Thanks for sharing yourself on this blog -it's a blessing.Happy birthday! Hope the fun lasts for a while and puts a nice gloss on your days – Margoa faithful reader 🙂
Polly says
happy birthday!!!! you are lovely, thank you for your excellent posts. hope the birthday is/was amazing!
Sophie Miriam says
Happy happy birthday!Sophie
MrsCabrio says
Happy Birthday, Leila!!! What wonderful pictures! I like dignified and lovely Leila. No wait, I like them all. Thank you for all you do for us on your wonderful blog.
Briana says
Happy Birthday!
Mama Bean says
Happy Day of cake Aunt Leila!! Have your cake with ice cream and balloons and hugs and happiness!!! HOooraaaaaaayyyYyayay 😀
Elaine says
wishing you a lovely birthday!
Anonymous says
Wow Leila! Look what you've experienced and accomplished. May your next 50 years be as productive and full of love. Thanks for having us in your circle of friends. We appreciate all your writings. Have a great day. Linda
Woman of the House says
Yes, indeed! Many happy returns of the day!
patches of me says
Yes! Happy Birthday.(I was 50 … once.)
Peter and Nancy says
Happy birthday! Do let all of us know how you celebrated!Nancy
Philip Turner says
Some of us are lucky enough to call you mom-in-law! Happy birthday, Leila!
christine says
happy birthday!
christine says
happy birthday!
Lindsey in AL says
The very happiest of happy birthdays to you, dear Aunty Leila! May you have many, many more!! In your honor, I vacuumed under my master bed this morning, and dusted the walls and ceiling fan and bookshelves and cleaned out my husband's nightstand. You wouldn't believe how many hammers a man can keep in one small bedroom!Blessings!
Habou says
Thanks for your beautiful post, Sukie.Fifty years ago today I was lying in a hospital bed holding the most beautiful baby in the world and thinking,"what a miracle." A baby is such a joyful being. Leila, you have given me much joy throughout all these years. God is wonderful.Happy birthday with love and kisses.Habou
Catharina de Bononia says
Happy Birthday.Thank you for the ministry of this blog and for the inspiration contained therein.Many happy returns on the day!
A Woman of Many Titl says
Happy, happy Birthday to a great woman!
Pippajo says
Happy, happy birthday! I hope it was filled with all the things and (more importantly) people you enjoy most.
Mary says
Happy Birthday Lelia!!
Jamie says
A very wonderful and happy birthday to you! You are a great lady!
Puffin Hen says
Many blessings and happy returns to you, Leila!
Esther says
Have a very happy birthday, Leila. You deserve it.
Robin says
I could just repeat everything everyone said above, but just know that you have been a great inspiration to me. Thank you. And I hope you had lots of family and chocolate around yesterday!
Anonymous says
I hope you had a wonderful birthday. Even though I don't know you in "real life", I appreciate your mentoring over the internet. It is such an encouragement. Thank you for sharing yourself with so many of us who need an "Auntie Leila".Joy
Jessica says
I hope your birthday was wonderful, Auntie Leila!
Anonymous says
Happy Birthday!! You are making the world a more beautiful place and I thank you for the many times your words have caused me to think, pray, and just brightened my day!!
Elizabeth says
Happy Birthday! Thanks, as always, for sharing your life with us and inspiring us!
Anonymous says
Happy Birthday, Auntie Leila!Mom in MO
Anonymous says
Happy Birthday! As a Catholic Mom, I so love reading your blog! You are so inspiring!
LJ says
Cumpleanos feliz! Cumpleanos feliz! Cumpleanos cumpleanos… cumpleanos feliz!:)
MichelleZ says
Happy Birthday Auntie Leila, hope you had a wonderful day today and a blessed year ahead. Your blog is very insightful and inspiring, thank you for the gifts of your stories and wisdom.
G.L.H. says
Happy, happy birthday! Have a wonderful day and a blessed year!Your blog has been such a blessing to so many.–Barbara
Sue says
Happy, Happy Birthday, dearest Auntie Leila!!!You are gorgeous!
Anonymous says
Happy birthday! 🙂
Breanna says
I am late, but Happy Birthday! (In my family you could continue to sit in Birthday Splendor until the last late present arrived.)Your pearls are lovely. 😉 Thanks for being the accessible, practical, whimsical person you are, and the only "Titus 2 woman" I've ever met who isn't… overweening. 😀
Leila says
Oh Breanna, that is a breathtakingly demanding compliment! I'll try to live up to it!And the pearls were the Chief's wedding gift to me. They are indeed beautiful to me.
Sarah says
A few days late … but happy birthday, Auntie Leila! I am so blessed to have found your blog. God bless YOU and your entire family!
Melissa says
Oh, I'm late to the birthday party–too busy by far these last few weeks! I hope your day was wonderful, Leila. What a blessing you are to so many. It's a precious thing, indeed, to have a daughter(and all the rest) rise up and call you blessed. Besides endearing yourself in a hundred ways to all of us here in blog world, you're gorgeous! I love all the pictures of you, but the second from the bottom is my favorite.:) Happy birthday WEEK to you. And may God give you many more.
Sarah says
Happy belated Birthday, Auntie Leila! You have been a blessing to me in my mothering and I look forward to your pearls of wisdom in the future. Thanks for telling us what we need to know. We really appreciate it! God bless you and your lovely family.Sarah
Carrien says
Wow, I've been away too long. Happy Birthday! 🙂
Di says
Happy Birthday! God bless.Thank you for your blog.