Fourteen years ago today, I was in pain. A lot of pain. The kind of pain that requires an IV of drugs, cursing, and punching the nearest person in the face.
Labor pains.
Birthing pains.
Parenting pains.
My son is fourteen today. I asked him this morning if he thought he'd survive this long (you know, being raised by me an' all) and he said, "No." Then I said, "Yay, survival! Happy Birthday! Get out of bed, it's time to get ready for school!" We celebrate big time, don't we?
In a weird coincidence (although, this is ME we're talking about), the second book in the Wizards of Nevermore series is out today, too ... NOW OR NEVER. Birthing that book brought a different kind of pain. It was a whole lot of WTF was I thinking? mixed with sweat and tears (i.e. copious weeping) and a couple of sacrifices to the gods.
While I celebrate fourteen stress-free years of bliss and serenity (hahahahahahahah ... ahahahahahahah), I invite you to join the par-tay at my Minions Yahoo! group. There's a free prezzie for all list members (if you join, you get it, and no, I'm not giving hints).
If you leave a comment on this post, you'll be entered to win an a guest appearance in ONLY LYCANS NEED APPLY. I'll put your name in the acknowledgements, or as a cameo appearance in the book. Your choice! I'm picking one winner from the blog and one from the Minions ... and I'll announce the winners Thursday morning-ish.
31 comments:
Happy Birthday to Your son! Child rearing is a wonderful adventure isn't it? HA! My daughter says I embarass her so much she just doesn't want to have parties or anything (one time I did Karoke and danced around)..I guess i am slightly embarassing but hey, thats what mom's are for! Happy Release day too! I can't wait to read Now or Never!!!!
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Happy Birthday to "The Boy" and congrats on the book. On the way to Amazon to download it now :)
Ter
WOOT! Happy Birth Days! I am so stinking excited about this book. I finished reading a book last night and said "MUST NOT START A NEW ONE". WOOT! Hurry up 5:00 so I can get home and snuggle with my new book.
Happy Birthday to your son! Congrats on both birthdays! LOL! I can't wait for Now or Never! I really love your books! Thanks for sharing!
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Happy birthday to your son! Mine's at unlucky 13, so glad at least one of our's has made it safely through... lol. We'll see how my own son's luck holds out. Congrats on the release of your newest book. Looks like I'll be swinging by the bookstore tonight... :D yay me!
Happy Birthday to him! Yay for survival. :)
Survival is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday fella.
Happy Birthday to your son and Congrats to you for writing another awesome book. You should celebrate both occasions with lots of chocolate.
Happy Birthday and Happy Book Release Day! Ya know my daughter is 13. Maybe someday we can get them together.......I could bring a dowry of Berger cookies......Just sayin.......Love ya Michele!!
Happy Birthday to your son. I love being a Minion and will be counting pennies to get this book when I get paid in a couple of weeks.
Happy Birthday to the Kid, and Happy Release Day!! Hope you're celebrating with copious amounts of chocolate and alcohol!!
Happiest of days to all! Going to download my prezzie right now... Squee! And I'll share the post/contest on my FB too :-)
Happiest of birthdays to the male child and Happy book birthday to you! :)
A very Happy Birthday to the young male offspring and a very Happy Bookday to you!!!
Great timing :) I hope your best beloved son feels extra special to share his birthday with the eagerly awaited Now or Never!
Congrats to you and the family! I have a 13 yr old son, and I'm in total amazement that you manage to parent as well as write awesome books, work a day job and keep up with your minions. Reward yourself with lots of chocolate! :)
Happy Birthday to your son. Congrats on the release of the new Wizards of Nevermore. Cant wait to read it.
Congratulations on letting your son survive 14 years! My birthday was the 4th and I wasn't feeling too old until today when a nurse said "you don't look that old, I mean, you look young. Not that you're old," the poor girl just made me feel even more old by trying to make it better. LOL.
YAY BIRTHDAYS AND BOOK RELEASES!!! This day should be some sort of holiday so we all can be at home reading! Too late to start a petition? haha. Anywho, you ROCK! keep on keepin' on! Oh, and Happy Birthday to the Mini Minion :P
Happy Birthday to your kiddo! Most importantly congrats to you for making it through 14 years of mommy awesomeness! Love your books!
Did you ask the boy how much longer he thinks he can keep up his winning streak? ;) Happy Birthday and Congrats on making it this long! Have my Moser Roth Chili Dark Chocolate unwrapped and ready to start reading. Keep the words flowing.
Michele I love all your books. I hope you have many more birthdays with your son.
Ever since having my first child 10 years ago I've felt that us moms should get a cake each year too, in celebration of our hard work carrying that kid inside for all those months and then the birthing. I really enjoyed the Broken Heart, Oklahoma books; thanks for writing them!
Happy Birthday to your son, and happy release day for the new book! As a faithful follower, I promise to pimp your book on my Facebook page and download a copy of the book, whether I win or not! Hugs and Chocolate to you and Birthday Cake for the boy! :)
Happy Birthday to your son...but really, im only commenting so i might have a teensy weensy chance of making it as a cameo appearance in your book ;P tehehehe...
Qurrat (Miss-understood)
Happy belated B-day mini-MB! Thanks for driving her just nuts enough to live to tell the tale AND write my favorite book series :) Keep up the good work (seriously, you should get paid for that kind of 24-7 diligence).
Congrats to my fantasy facilitator and her minion wielding ways! Book club's gonna have a field day with the new book! I think a chocolate party will cover both events nicely :)
Winks and fist bumps,
Vexed Pooka
Count me in! Love your books. Great reading. Congrats.
As of mother of twins I know how stressful it can be to raise a child in this day and age but I also know how much enjoyment they can bring you. Happy Birthday to your son and thank you for making my life a little sainer all these years by being able to escape with reading your books.
I bet the contest is already over, isn't it?? I'm always too late for everything...in real life and in the virtual one...true story...
I've been infected with the MBV - Michele Bardsley Virus - some time
ago, and I just signed up for your Minions...lol...
I would really love to "par-tay" in that group and be one of your minions. And maybe having an English speaking German minion
might come in handy? Who knows... *grin*
Also I would REALLY love to have a female wolfie character with my name in one of your future
books...lol
That would just be even better than a box of chocolates...even Swiss or German ones...hihi
And of course a very happy belated birthday to the boy! :D
Hey, happy birthday to your son. I'm sure he's pretty glad that he made it to 14 alive and well. I'm surprised that I made it past 14 without one of my parents trying to run me over with the car... I was sort of a mean child. ;)
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