Birthdays have a way of becoming holy days. They invite us to pause, look back with gratitude, remember those we have loved and lost, celebrate the people who still walk beside us, and give thanks for the quiet faithfulness of God through another year. On my birthday, I reflect on family, friendship, growing older (if not always wiser!), and the countless ordinary blessings that make life so wonderfully rich. Grace, it seems, has carried me farther than I ever imagined.