38

This is a special birthday. It almost feels like a RE-birthday!

38 is...

• The atomic number of strontium
• The Messier object M38, a magnitude 7.0 open cluster in the constellation Auriga 
• The most common eye-test for color blindness. (see [or don't see?] right) Most people will see the number 38, but people with red-green color blindness might see 88 instead.
• The number of slots on an American roulette wheel (0, 00, and 1 through 36; European roulette does not use the 00 slot and has only 37 slots)
• The number of years it took the Israelites to travel from Kadesh Barnea to the Zered valley in Deuteronomy.
• The "over-38 rule" is a feature of the NBA salary cap that affects contracts of players who turn 38 during their deals.
• Of course, a "38" is often the name for a snub nose .38 caliber revolver. 

This is “38 and feelin GREAT!” 

This is FLIRTY-8! 

This is THIRTY-GREAT!

All.

I am filled with joy, gratitude and relief to have reached 38 with a CURED and totally healthy body at long last. (Aging is a privilege!) I get to spend this day reveling in, and surrounded BY, family and natural beauty. Isn’t being alive THE BEST GIFT EVER? 🎁

Further, the dream come true of being wedded to my love, Alec, emerging from a difficult era of our modern times with love, family, art, and my health.

There is an Italian saying: “a healthy man has a thousand wishes, a sick man has only one.” — well that wish came true for me this year and today, I celebrate *extra*

Thank you for all of your love and support, always.

— Al