Happy Birthday to me!

So I just celebrated my 49th birthday.  All in all, it was a great day!  For Labor Day weekend, it wasn't the greatest weather, but that was all right.  I went to church and then to my parents' house.  My sister, niece and nephew were visiting and we'd planned a birthday dinner.  I had asked if I could invite two friends to join us, and both of them did.  It was a lovely afternoon with family and good friends.  We took the kids shopping for shoes, came home and had leftovers for dinner, then went to see a movie, "The Help".  It is an amazing story of racial inequality in the 1950's.  We went back to my parents' home and had a fireworks show.  We had more cake and ice cream and then I came home.  I received many good wishes thanks to Facebook and then checked my school email.  I got an email from my "sister", Brigitte and the news wasn't good.  My friend and "big brother" is struggling with his chemo treatments and now the disease has impacted his liver.  I need to take the time to tell him what he means to me before I no longer have that opportunity....