Happy Birthday, Sonya!

Today, I was reminded how much my family and friends love me.

As predicted, a minimum of 8 inches of snow fell today (it is still snowing, btw). So, at about 9am this morning, my mother and brother sat me down and told that they had to cancel my surprise birthday party scheduled for later in the evening :(

What?!!!!!

I was completely oblivious to the fact that a party was being planned right under my nose. And even though one of my many loose-lipped friends let it slip that a party was being planned, I still had no idea what was going on:

• Mom, Dad, Chris, Devin, Tiara - never letting it slip or hinting that anything was going on. You continued to let me plan my own birthday party/pajama jammy jam/potluck/game night/karaoke fun on Dec. 26th. You also cleaned the entire house, bought food and supplies, decorated, and stole my friend's phone numbers right in front of me without making me suspicious of anything.
• Leslie - planning a chocolate tour of Philadelphia for today that you insisted we need to do together: quality-time...lol.
• Nyla - for getting me to pick out my own cupcake mix and icing flavor under the premise of planning a baking session with my goddaughter: Jerk! And even though you spilled the beans a week earlier, I had no clue something would be happening today.
• Tiffany - even though you blew my phone up with a billion phone calls to see what i had planned this weekend and making sure i was still going on this "chocolate tour," you kept your planning prowess under wraps.
• Kiersten - New York City? Ha! I was ready to meet you in Manhattan. I NEVER would have guessed that you knew and were planning to be in attendance.
• Other family and friends who were bringing the mass amounts of food and whatever else (i still don't have all the details). I heard a large ice cream cake, chicken, pizzas, hoagies/samiches, trays of veggies and fruit, all A-Treat drinks, etc. were enroute. I even heard Jason was breaking from protective custody to make an appearance (lol).

I don't feel deserving of the attention or effort put in for such an event, but I am extremely thankful and grateful for those thoughtful enough to play even the smallest part both for this party and in my life.

Thank you.