In these past two months I have encountered more difficult times than I could ever imagine, but yesterday I turned 25 and I could feel I am headed on a fresh positive path.

To start off, my mom is in town, and it is rare that we get to celebrate a birthday together. So having her here already made me feel better. When I got to work I was greeted with a bouquet of beautiful flowers and balloons (I love balloons!).

Throughout the entire day my phone was buzzing left and right with texts, phone calls and facebook messages from the people who I love (I promise I will call everyone back who left a message!).

And after work we celebrated with a delicious Japanese dinner.

So thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! And thank you to those who shared my special day with me and even more love to those I could not be with. 25 is already off to a great start and I know that it will continue to be a wonderful year of growth full of love and success.