Today Dr B’s mother is turning 100 years of age.  For that accomplishment alone, we say brava and the happiest of days from across the pond!

She is receiving a message from the ‘real’ Queen today and it will mean so much to her.  She is a daughter of the commonwealth and queen through and through.

I can remember (as can Dr T) many royal visits to my hometown of Vancouver, getting dressed up in my very best little dress and gloves and holding the union jack…waiting for the Queen to drive by.  Yes I said gloves it was the 50’s!  3 generations of women in our family, grandmother (born in England), mother (born in Canada) and me (born in Canada now living in England) all waiting to catch a glimpse of this woman who wore crowns and gowns and to whom we sang God Save the Queen every morning at school, every baseball game, and every night as the television station signed off the air.

Enjoy the day, your year and the amazing accomplishment of reaching 100 years of age.

Love, The Burnout Queens xx