Stories Collected While Living in France
Today is Annie's 92nd Birthday.
For those of you who read my blog you know that Annie is my dear friend who I have had the pleasure of knowing for over seventeen years.
I thought it would be a wonderful way to celebrate her birthday by asking you to send her a birthday wish. If you want leave your birthday wish to Annie in the comment section. I will copy them all and give them to her.
Thank you in advance.
Annie, I wish you the happiest birthday. Indulge yourself, enjoy some good food, good wine and good conversation with friends. Do something fun today!
Annie,
Have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday.
Annie, you are an inspiration! We love your stories and your recipes. We hope to have the privilege of reading them on Corey’s blog for many more years to come. Have a very happy birthday with your friends, good food and wine. Hope it’s a beautiful day with many flowers blooming in the village and the surrounding fields.
Happy Birthday, dear Annie and many, many more! Enjoy you special day!
Joyeux anniversaire Annie. Je vous souhaite une très belle journée. Merci pour tout ce que vous partagez avec nous à travers le blog de Corey. J’aime beaucoup votre façon de voir le monde et j’espère qu’à 92 ans, j’aurai autant de pêche et d’humour que vous. Grosses bises
Annie’s first language its Greek, so Hronia Polla Annie from Athens.
Felicitations, Annie! Je vous souhaite le plus grand bonheur.
happy birthday annie, from england. i love your stories and food talk via corey…..have a lovely day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE! I love it when Corey writes about you. What an adventurous life you’ve led. I tell Corey to write a book about her life-you should do it too! Horonia Polla, Joyeux Anniversaire, Happy Birthday from Massachusetts, USA.
Jackie
Happy Birthday Annie!
Happy birthday dear Annie! I live in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America and I too love to hear Corey tell stories about you! I have learned a great deal from you. What a beautiful lady you are! Everyone should be so lucky to have a friend like you! I know Corey loves you very much! I especially enjoy the stories when you talk about your life. Joy to you on your special
day and Best Wishes!
Leslie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dear Annie. Many happy returns of the day from Boston. I love it when Cory shares your stories and recipes. What a lovely friendship you have.
Christine
Happy Birthday Annie!
I am sending you warm birthday greetings from just outside New York City! May you have a wonderful day and I hope the year ahead brings much joy and peace to you. I love reading Corey’s tales of your conversations and cooking experiences together. She is lucky to have you in her life! Take care, Laura
Bon anniversaire, chere Annie. Que le soleil brille aujourd’hui et que vous passiez votre journee dans un bonheur absolu. Barbara Kelley
Annie, I wish you a joyful birthday.
When it is someone’s birthday here in Estonia, people say “Palju õnne!” which translates to “much happiness”.
A big hug is sent to you both from Tartu, Estonia.
Annie,a big Happy Birthday from Ireland! Have a wonderful day celebrating with friends and family,long life and happiness to you!
Annie, I have so enjoyed getting to know you through Corey’s writings. Bon anniversaire! It must be the food, the wine and the beauty of France that keeps you going each day. Enjoy your day. I love your country and my husband and I will be in Provence in 2 weeks. So looking forward to your beautiful part of the world.!!
Annie,
Happy Birthday to you!Corey is gracious enough to share her friendship with you with us, so I feel sometimes I am there with you when you are making a salad or jam. Enjoy your day, may you have many many more. Love, Sarah
Happy Birthday Annie! I have enjoyed getting to know you through the blog, hearing your stories and drooling over your recipes. I hope today is filled with loved ones and laughter, and there are many more birthdays to delight your family and friends.
All the best to your birthday, Annie.
100 years more for you!!!
Greetings from Germany
Annelies
Ah, Annie, Happy, Happy Birthday. I would love to meet you someday to hear of your growing up in France and how life has changed. Blow out every candle and enjoy a big piece of birthday cake.
Happy Birthday Annie, and 100 more! With best wishes from New York City.
Happy Birthday Annie, I met you in December with Corey and I immediately noticed your beautiful eyes.
I wish you to keep your youthful spark that delights all of us who read Corey’s blog. We all think you are just down the road from us.
Dear Annie, Happy Birthday from across the pond, a very small artist community in Central Utah, USA. Thanks for sharing your wonderful stories and also sharing your wonderful insights into life and life experiences.
Gina
Happy Birthday Annie! Wishing you a year full of much happiness and joy! It has been my pleasure ‘meeting’ you thru Corey’s blog. I love all your cooking adventures and wonderful advice. Thinking of you today and sending special birthday greetings from southcentral Pennsylvania.
Nancy
Dear Annie
Best wishes to you on this special day. Continue to radiate your spirit to those around you as it then ripples out to the rest of us far and wide. These wishes are our returning those same ripples…the Universe says you get what you put out. Thank You for your gift of blooming where you are planted!
Happy Birthday Annie from Ellen who lives on the prairie in Indiana in the United States. I hope you have a wonderful day and get to spend time with your friend Corey since it sounds like you two have such fun together. All the best!
Happy Birthday, Annie. Thank you for sharing your life with us through Corey’s blog. Have a wonderful day.
Kim
Dear Annie,
I hope your special day is full of joy and blessings! And…lots of cake!!! elle
Happy Birthday, Annie!! Greetings being sent to you all the way from Texas. May your Birthday find you with a Dance In Your Step and A Song In Your Heart. I visited Provence in 2005…if I had known about you then, would certainly invited you and Corey out to dinner…maybe next trip.
What’s it like to be admired by so many people…that you haven’t met personally?? You are Special…..
Happy Birthday Annie.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and give you peace (and joy and love for another year of life).
Chère Annie, que le voeu que vous ferez en soufflant les bougies de votre gâteau se réalise aussitôt!
Kris
Happy, happy Birthday, Annie! May your day bring you laughter & love!
Dear Annie,Have a marvelous Birthday! We are so lucky to have gotten to know you through Corey. You are indeed a woman of fine character!
Happy Birthday Annie from Australia…
It is wonderful to have met you through Corey’s blog.
Happy Birthday from Mary Lou near the Gulf Coast of Texas. You are an amazing woman. I join others who wish you would write a book about your life…and maybe share some of those wonderful recipes? May you have many more years of joy and good health…Cory needs all the help she can get. 😉
Happy Birthday, Annie from Connecticut, USA! I love to read about all of the wonderful creations you make in the kitchen. I hope you have a blessed and joyous 92nd year!
Wishing you a wonderful 92nd birthday Annie!!!! It has been such a joy to meet you through Coreys blog. May there be many happy days ahead.
Dear Annie, Did you ever imagine that you would have birthday wishes from around the world for your 92nd birthday? I love it when Corey shares your wisdom with us. I feel like I gain a solidness, a sense of what is important in life whenever Corey writes about you. Merci.
Happy Birthday, Annie. You’re my heroine, a role model for how I want to live my life as I move from my current 61 years into my 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, too!
From the Chicago, Illinois vicinity, a very happy birthday, Annie. I simply love hearing about you, your wisdom and wit, your cooking, all of which remind me of my paternal Greek grandmother, my Yia Yia. May you have a wonderful day and a wonderful 92nd year!
From Northwest Indiana – have a wonderful day Annie!
Mme Annie — Joyeux Anniversaire de Chicago! Je vous souhaite une journée remplie de joie et beaucoup de bonheur.
Chère Annie, Joyeux Anniversaire! I am so pleased that you are being properly celebrated! May you live to be 100—and another year to repent!
For the knowledge and wisdom we continue to gain from your work and for the encouragement you have generously offered us over the years in ours, we shall always be grateful—in particular, for the fact that, soon after completing From Dawn to Decadence, you found time to read through, and comment on, our own lengthy book, on the philosophy of art.
I am delighted to join other friends and admirers in this online tribute to you on the occasion of your 92th birthday, and send all my very best wishes for good health and for continued pleasures of the mind (and spirit, and, ahem, body).
Bisous, Amylia Grace
Dear Annie,
I love the ease you have for the life, the wisdom you share with us.
May you have a lovely birthday and every day to come.
I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Annie. I so enjoy reading Corey’s blogs especially when she writes about you. You are an inspiration to me. You have such a joie de vivre. I wish you health and happiness in the year to come. From Judy in the State of New Hampshire, USA.
Hello Annie!
Today is my birthday too~~I believe that May is a beautiful month for a birthday!
Thank you for your sense of fun and mischief. You encourage me to never stop playing. And I love your cuisine tips!
Chère Annie, How funny! I asked my friend to google how to say “Happy Birthday” in French and Greek, and he accidentally ended up cutting and pasting the second paragraph above from a tribute to a professor at Duke University! Please ignore the above sentiment–about to turn 34 next week, I am not senile yet! Here is my tribute to you:
Joyeux Anniversaire! How fabulous your life is being properly celebrated–it seems most days life is a celebration for you, and I can only hope that I squeeze as much love and joy and stuffed grape leaves out of my own precious life as you have! If I had a daughter, I would name her Annine, in your honor. This is the truth. That day may come yet–you wait. See? You can’t go anywhere yet, you must meet your namesake! Though you should tell me if Annie is not your real name as I’d like to name her after you, Corey’s beautiful friend! I hope that day comes!
As mentioned above, may you live to be at least 100, with another year to repent! 🙂 Just kidding, though I do hope we have you with us for as long as life and love and goodness still pulses through your veins.
I would love the chance to meet you in person and do hope that you are happy and healthy and never lonely or without the knowledge that you are long admired and well loved!
Yes, I am delighted to join other friends and admirers from around the world, thanks to Corey, in her online tribute to you on the occasion of your 92th birthday. From Madison Wisconsin I send all my very best wishes for good health and for continued pleasures of the mind (and spirit, and, ahem, body). It’s never to late!
Bisous, Amylia Grace
P.S. You seemed to have retrained a child-like wonder about life—which makes me think of a line from one of my favorite poets, Louise Gluck, “We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.”
And a poem by Jane Hirschfield that is circling my mind–perhaps Corey can translate it for you. Perhaps it will resonate:
“For What Binds Us”
There are names for what binds us:
strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them:
the skin that forms in a half-empty cup,
nails rusting into the places they join,
joints dovetailed on their own weight.
The way things stay so solidly
wherever they’ve been set down—
and gravity, scientists say, is weak.
And see how the flesh grows back
across a wound, with a great vehemence,
more strong
than the simple, untested surface before.
There’s a name for it on horses,
when it comes back darker and raised: proud flesh,
as all flesh,
is proud of its wounds, wears them
as honors given out after battle,
small triumphs pinned to the chest—
And when two people have loved each other
see how it is like a
scar between their bodies,
stronger, darker, and proud;
how the black cord makes of them a single fabric
that nothing can tear or mend.
Happy Birthday Annie!
We should all be so blessed to have such a great friend and neighbor. One who tells it like it is, one who teaches us, one who broadens our knowledge of food and wonder, one who is rooted deep in the heart. I hope your day is wonderful.
92 with a smile! Something to aspire to.
Your wisdom and love of life reaches across the pond and picks up the days of many. Joyeux Anniversaire, Annie! Shelley from Frankford (near Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
A HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Houston Texas…Annie you emulate class, style…Life…thank you for being the love that you are to Cory…Some of my favorite postings are when you are in them…
Sending many blessing and prayers to you, for many more years to come…
Dear Annie: May Heaven smile and hear your every wish. God bless you real good.
Love and hugs and smiles from across the miles.
Love Jeanne
Ontario Canada♥
Bonjour Annie!
Happy Birthday from Santa Barbara California.
Thank you for sharing all your delicious recettes. They are wonderful.
I hope your birthday is a splendid one. I love to read the stories Corey writes about your adventures together what ever they may be 🙂
I wish you lots of happiness, good health, joy, laughter and love to fill the year(s) ahead.
Happy Birthday Annie! May God bless you with abundant graces and fill you with Joy!From Sonoma County California. Celeste
i wish you the happiest of birthdays annie, from st. johns, michigan. enjoy your day, reflect on your wonderful life and have a delightful time with your friend corey! i will have a glass of wine this evening in your honor. xoxo
Birthday blessings from Buffalo, New York to you Annie and thank you for your many years of friendship to Corey!
Gretchen Seibert
Happy Birthday Annie from Boston, Ma,
I love it when Corey has a blog post about you and the wonderful friendship you both share. I envy the fact that Corey is so lucky to be able to ask you anything and you always seem to have the right answer. I admire your wisdom, honesty and kindness towards others.
Have a wonderful Birthday.
Carol
Happy Birthday Annie…
And what an adventure you’ve had. My mom is 92 also and shares the lust and joy for life that you do – I know that is what keeps her going – that and love.
Have the happiest of days.
Ruth (from Wisconsin, USA)
Bonne Fete Annie from New Brunswick, Canada!!!!
Happy 92nd Birthday dear Annie! I have enjoyed every story of you on Corey’s blog. You have brought such love and insight to me and I am very envious of Corey that she has accsess to you! With much love from Willows, California…Toni
Happy Birthday Annie, from California. I’ve so enjoyed reading about the delicious recipes you share with Corey, and the bits and pieces from your life. My grandmother lived to 99 years – I wish you many more lovely days filled with life’s simple pleasures. ::Jill
Dear Annie, Happy Birthday from Oregon, USA. Your positive attitude and luscious recipes are an inspiration. Enjoy your special day. Ardis
Annie
Bon Anniversaire, 92 ans,toutes sortes d’experiences dont une qui doit beaucoup vous toucher, la rencontre de Corey qui est si attachante. je vous souhaite encore beaucoup d’heures joyeuses avec elle. Vous et moi avons le meme prenom et a chaque fois que Corey dit le votre je dresse l’oreille!!!
Annie vanderven
Happy Birthday Annie! It has been wonderful getting to know your through Corey’s blog.
{Minnesota, USA}
Annie, you are such an inspiration! Some of my favorite posts are the ones that Corey writes about her special friendship with you. May your birthday be full of joy, fun, good friends, good food, and good wine! Sending many blessings from California~
Jill
Dear Annie-
With all my heart-i am sending you wishes for the best birthday EVER!! May love and joy surround you this day and ALWAYS!!and may allyour wishes held deep in your hear– be granted and may good health be yours always!!-with warmest thoughts -georgeanne
Annie,
Vous me rappelez ma mère, une femme extraordinaire, généreuse, intelligente, forte et surtout, capable d’inspirer l’affection chez ceux qui l’entourent. C’est ce que je constate en lisant le blogue de Corey. Elle a la chance de vous compter parmi ses amies.
Joyeux anniversaire, peut-être un jour, j’aurai le plaisir de vous rencontrer.
Amitiés,
Denise
Denise
Bonjour Annie. Hope your day is as special as you are. Happy Birthday wishes from Texas!!
happy happy birthday annie! i love reading annie stories…you seem to enjoy life to the fullest!!!!!
many blessings!
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAREST SWEET ANNIE!!! And may you have many, many more…
I have so enjoyed Corey’s sharing you with us on her blog…enjoyed your receipes and watching you prepare your wonderful dishes…
I wish you MUCH joy on your 92nd Birthday!
happy happy birthday annie! love reading annie stories! you seem to enjoy life to its fullest! many blessings!
Bon Anniversaire, Annie, from Missouri in the Midwest USA!! You are such a beautiful lady, and I always look forward to Corey’s posts about and from you! May you have a beautiful day celebrating with those you love and countless blessings in the days and years ahead!
Happy birthday Anne from Bullard, TX
…and many, many, more!
Dear Annie,
When Corey shares stories about you I am so happy. I love your wisdom and outlook on life. I know you will
celebrate because you embrace all of life-good and not so good. Eat alot of cake and drink extra champagne!!
How amazing to have a birthday party thru the internet!!
missy from the bayou
Happy Birthday to beautiful Annie from Canada!
So wonderful to hear your stories, so lovely to meet you!!!!!
Annier, I wish I spoke French, however, English will have to do. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! May the upcoming year bring you nothing but health and happiness. Happy Birthday!
Annie,
You are an inspiration. Have a lovely day and a lovely life.
Ellen
Bon anniversaire, chere Annie.Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world of the blog, and for the friendship you have with Corey. This comes from Minnesota, tres loin.
God Bless you sweet Annie on your Birthday and every day. We wish you a very Happy Birthday and thank you for letting Corey share your stories with us all.
Sending you hugs from Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Happy Birthday Annie. May you be blessed with many more birthdays. I love reading Corey’s stories about you.
Annie, I too want to live past ninety-two. May every moment of everyday to come bring you joy Happy Birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4D0ay2SjA
Annie, Happy Birthday! Though I have not met you, I know that you are a delightful person, because you are Corey’s friend. Enjoy your day!
Happy Birthday, Annie! It has been fun getting to know a little about you through Corey’s blog. Manny Happy Returns of the Day!
Gilroy, Ca sends you infinite birthday wishes! Happy Birthday, Annie!
Dearest Annie,
Bon anniversaire!
Today is a day to kick up your heels in celebration of the life you made for yourself.
Always enjoyed are the stories shared about you by Corey: you are a marvelous mentor and friend which makes the two of you so good together. It also allows me an opportunity to share in your special relationship and that I love.
On this, your birthday, I send a big hug and wishes for a great day.
Warm regards,
Jill (West Vancouver, Canada)
Happy Birthday
to a wonderful lady.
Have a beautiful
Day~
Love from California
Tricia Cooper~
Happy Birthday to a fellow Taurus from San Francisco, California.
Happy Birthday, Annie! It is a pleasure knowing you, and learning life’s lessons from you, through Corey. May you continue to have happiness, love, and health. You are an inspiration and blessing. A big hug to you today, from Texas.
Happy Birthday dear Annie!
Annie, I hope you have a most wonderful birthday. You are an inspiration to me. I so wish you were my neighbor. Corey is so blessed to have you in her life. As are we for Corey sharing you with all of us. Bon Anniversarie dear Annie. Happy, Happy, from Yuba City, California, USA.
Happy Birthday, Annie! I hope you have a beautiful day and that you get to spend wonderful time with your dear friend Corey! What a blessing you both are (and I’ve never even met either of you but would so love to)!
Tammy
Happy Birthday Dear Annie!!! I so wish I could be there to celebrate your day. Thank you so much for being such a wise woman and offering sound advice to those of us reading Corey’s words. Wishing you a beautiful day of celebration, full of fun, laughter, and wonderful food. Hugs to you.
Many happy returns of the day, Annie.
Thank you for being you.
Happy birthday, dear Annie. You are a treasure to Corey and we are so grateful that she shares your friendship with us. You remind me of a beloved Aunt, dispersing wisdom, opinions and love, along with a great sense of humor.
Happy Birthday Annie!
I hope your day is filled with lots of love & laughter!
Kind regards,
Bridget
Northern CA
Happy birthday Annie!!!!! Hope this year is even better than the last!!!!
From South Africa:
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Thanks for sharing your life and wisdom through Corey. May you be blessed with health, joy and many happy times throughout your 92’s.
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ~Mark Twain
Happiest of birthdays to you Annie, all the way from Chico, California. I have enjoyed reading about you in Cory’s blog. How small the world is becoming. Again Happy birthday !
Happy birthday, Annie, and I wish you many more!
Shirley
Atlanta, GA
USA
Happy birthday Annie!!
You’re such an inspiration – you live your life to the fullest. You share your time, experience, life and love with your friend Corey who is so kind to let us get a glimpse of what it means to be blessed with your friendship. Thank you – here’s to many more years of such glorious life!!
Happy Happy Birtday. Have a wonderful day…
Happy birthday Annie. Joyeux anniversaire Annie. Don’t know if you speak French or English or both… Am I sure you have shared many recipes and secrets from Provence with Corey and wish you to share many more in the years to come 😉
A very happy birthday Annie!!! I hope your 92nd year is filled with many blessings. Have a memorable day.
Marianne
Happy birthday Annie. I hope your day is full of laughter, love and great food! You appear to bring great joy to those around you and Corey adores you. You sound like a wonderful friend. Make it a birthday to remember always!
Love,
Mahala in Oregon USA
Bonjour, Annie!
The stories that Corey tells about you on her blog make many people in the United States very happy. You are a wise and inspirational person, and I hope that you enjoy your birthday to the fullest! Provence is a beautiful place, made more special by people like you. Please keep sharing with us!
Janet in Colorado
Dear Annie,
Happiest of birthdays to you. I love Corey’s stories of her time with you, gaining from your wisdom and experience. I wish I could sit and enjoy a long meal and your stories.
Blessings,
Diane in Placerville, CA
Dear Annie,
Wishing you a most happy 92nd birthday! I love to read Corey’s stories about you. I feel as if I know you! My son’s birthday is the 15th.
Many blessings to you on your birthday and always.
Sincerely,
Carol in Alabama
Happy Birthday to you Annie!
I have so enjoyed hearing stories of you from Corey – and I love the way you bake; “this is how it’s always done, but it’s better this way”.
I first heard of you through an article Corey wrote on rose petal jam and I think she is so lucky to have a friend like you – a good friend makes a foreign country home.
May you have many more “Happy Birthday”s…
Dearest Annie, Happy 92nd Birthday! I’m so glad to know you by way of Corey’s blog, and want you to know what a joy and inspiration you are to me personally. I love the way you live your life and seem to be bursting with enthusiasm for life. I wish you were my neighbor so I could learn to cook from you and listen to your life’s story over a cup of tea.
My wish for you is that you will be surrounded by all of your loves and that you will have a wonderful time of celebration on this special day. I hope you will continue to share your love and wisdom with us from time to time on Corey’s blog, we love getting to know you!
I send you my love and a virtual hug all the way from Oregon, USA and prayers for a wonderful and blessed year.
Pam
I’ve always been particularly thrilled when Corey posts something about Annie! Have a delightful birthday and enjoy your day. Cheers – Kathy from Chicago
Happy Birthday Annie….from ARIZONA, USA … you are such a beautiful person….i hope this will be such a happy day for you….love and hugs coming your way !
From Ketchikan, Alaska (via Northern Calfornia), I am wishing you many delightful moments on your 92nd birthday Annie! I found Corey’s blog a few years ago and enjoy reading of her life, friends and adventures with my coffee every morning. I have loved all her stories of times with you and been inspired by your passion and love of life! I have been tempted in the past to write to Corey and tell her “thank you for your wonderful blog” and not done so. Today, on your birthday and with the opportunity to tell you how much I have enjoyed your pearls of wisdom, I could no longer put it off. Happy Birthday Annie! May you be surrounded with love, good friends, and health. Margo
Happy Birthday Annie, I wish you were my neighbour also, I love hearing about you and your memories. Best wishes, Ann. xxx
Happy Birthday from Pennsylvania!! Here’s to MANY MANY more 🙂
Oh Annie–if I could I’d give you a great big hug and we’d have a party. I’ve loved hearing your stories and having a peek into your life. I wish you a zillion blessings and many many more wonderful birthdays. God bless you.
Dear Annie,Happy birthday to you from Tony,Wisconsin,population 99. to a lady that would have been like a grandma i never had. you are a true blue woman who must have a lot of wisdom for the years you have shared with many. Bestest,Denise
For all the days of love and laughter that you have given to us total strangers, I wish you many more. For all the times that you have been the the mother, the grandmother, the sister and the friend, love is what I wish you. Health and happiness everlasting, from a daughter, mother, grandmother, and long distant friend.
Love Ana
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE! I HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTFUL DAY AND MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS!
THANK YOU FOR BEING A SPECIAL FRIEND FOR COREY AND FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH US!
Joyeux Anniversaire Annie; avec tous nos voeux de bénédiction, de bonheur, de joie et en combinaison de vous souhaiter une bonne santé, de beaux rêves, et une merveilleuse nouvelle année sur cette terre!
Gros bisous
Kiki et Mari Magnifique
…. and her Hero Husband
Happy Birthday, Annie!
I always love to hear of your adventures with Corey. Your humor and wisdom remind me of my Mother’s. I hope this new year is filled with every good thing for you.
And please, more Annie and Corey adventure stories.
Nancy
Dear Annie,
It is a pleasure to wish you a very Happy 92nd Birthday.
I feel like I know you so well and am delighted to share in your special day. Enjoy! Enjoy! Looking forward to hearing about more of your wonderful adventures with Corey. Laurie Hodson
Annie,
Warm greetings from Boulder, Colorado!
I hope your 92nd birthday is filled with love. Corey is lucky to have such a wise and wonderful friend. Enjoy your day!
Linda
Stories that involve you are my favorite postings on coreys blog. I was hoping to meet you when I was in provence this past April but our dear Corey was out and about in china. It would be a treat for me to meet you one day.
Enjoy today and everyday! Happy birthday Annie!!
Happy Birthday Annie! I love reading Corey’s stories about the fun you two have together. Here’s to your health and happiness on your 92nd birthday!
Happy, happy birthday dear Annie. You are my inspiration. Your wisdom knows no bounds. I wish I could sit and talk with you. Enjoy your day!
Happy Birthday Annie from Pakenham, Ontario, Canada
I try to read Corey’s blog every day. I especially love the days that the two of you spend together. You are and inspiration.
Bon anniversaire
Happy Birthday Annie! What can I possibly wish for that you don’t already have? You’ve shown us love, laughter, friendship, and grace. May your days continue to be filled with all of those wonderful things.
Bon anniversaire dear Annie! The petals of your life have made you the beautiful rose that you are. May you enjoy reading these posts and know how special you are to all of us (and Corey too)! With Love, Jennie in Chicago
Happy Birthday Annie,
May your day be filled with joy. I feel like I’ve known you for a long time.
Love,
Barb in Minnesota
Every time you tell a story about Annie I want to dance and sing with joy. She is a delight.
xoxo
Gail
I am a bit late in the day; it may now be Sunday in your village of France, but Annie, I wanted to wish you all the happiness in the world. You have lived, learned, loved, laughed…what we all want in life! Bless You 😉
Happy Happy Birthday, Annie! I hope you have a super great day.
Best regards,
Carole (Houston, Texas)
Have a wonderful birthday Annie and know you are thought of in many places…Lisa from Florida
Happy Birthday Annie! I love reading blog posts about you!
Happy Birthday Annie!
You sound like one wonderful woman, a great friend to Corey.
I remember well a wonderful French woman who was so sweet to me, Mme Jumelle.
Bon anniversaire!
Kelly
Happy Birthday, Annie! I treasure the stories that Corey shares here about you. Thank you for sharing your wit and wisdom. Wishing you many more happy, healthy birthday.
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE from Sue in Western Australia……hoping your day was a happy one, filled with love, laughter and sunshine…..You Brighten the World just by your beautiful presence and your beautiful smile.
Susanawee.
Happy,Happy, Happy Birthday Annie from Sue in Western Australia…..You Brighten the world by your Beautiful presence and by your Beautiful Smile. ….Congratulations and Very, Very Best of Wishes. May your day be filled with Sunshine, Love and Laughter and most of all, may it be filled with Joy.
Bonne anniversaire Madame Annie! May your day and your life be filled with peace ,beauty, joy and the love of good friends who cherish you. We know that Corey does by the way she shares you and your stories with us. What a happy coincidence that you two became friends. Life takes us down many roads, some bumpy and some filled with wonderous things we can’t imagine. Here’s to lots of delicious and delightful surprises yet to come!
Bon anniversaire, Annie!
Vous etes une source d’inspiration – merci!
Meilleurs voeux de New Jersey!
Susana
Bonjour Annie
Happy Birthday greetings to you on this special day! I am sure you will have a wonderful day celebrating with Corey, family and friends.
I always look forward to hearing little annecdotes from you via Corey’s blog, you have very wise words to share!
My greetings come to you from New Zealand for your 92nd Birthday….
Jennifer
Happy Birthday!
Many Happy Returns!!
Thank you for sharing yourself with us!
God Bless you!
Huge birthday wishes from Washington State, USA & New Zealand – we hope your day has been blessed in all ways, Annie, that you know how much you are valued & loved.
Happy Birthday to YOU Annie! I love to read Corey’s blog posts when she writes about you~truly an inspiration to all with such beauty and wisdom to share~Thank YOU! Wishing you the most wonderful of birthdays!
Happiest of Birthdays Annie!
Happy Birthday Annie!!!I wish you many, many more, Melinda, Fort Worth, Texas
Happy Birthday Annie! You are an amazing women. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and life experiences with us through Corey. May you have many more wonderful years.
Annie, I am wishing you a very happy birthday from New Zealand. Corey is very lucky to have you as her dear friend. xs
Oh Annie, what a privilege to be allowed to share a greeting with you.
Dusty Springfield is one of my favourite singers and the lyrics of one of her songs are so fitting for you as you seem to embody them.
“Live your days
Instead of counting your years”
A very, very happy celebration day, dear Annie, from as far away as Melbourne Australia.
PS You are the same age as my most treasured aunt!
Joyeux anniversaire,Annie!
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Annie. Joyeux anniversaire! Corey writes of you with such love. How can we help but love you, too.
May the coming years find you in good health and surrounded by good friends.
Hi Annie, hope you had a wonderful birthday. I always enjoy it when you are the subject of Corey’s blog. Take care and happy birthday!!
Happy birthday, Annie! Hope your day is filled with joy! (And something delicious to eat too! 🙂
Happy Birthday, Annie! We all so enjoy Corey’s stories about you and your life. I hope you continue to savor the little joys in life.
Wendy in California
Dearest Annie,
Happy Birthday! Thank you for letting Corey share part of you with us. You are an inspiration and a wonderful teacher – the world is a better place with you in it. I wish I had an “Annie” in my life.
Laura
I hope you had a wonderful birthday and I know you must value each day and I bet you value Corey in your life most of all.
Annie – people from all over the world wishing you a Happy Birthday!
How wonderful.
I have loved every single story Corey has posted about you.
Is she going to make you a birthday cake?
Many Happy Returns from Ararat, Australia.
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Annie, and lots more. I hope you have a wonderful day. I love hearing all about you and your life in France from Corey. I wish I could met you. Warm hugs xx
Happy Birthday Annie! You have been such a glowing force for Corey…and me too! I hope you had a marvelous day and all you wishes come true! Birthday hug from Limoges!
Many Happy Returns Annie and I hope your year ahead is full of the joy and happiness of friends family and good health. I have so enjoyed Corey’s posts where you have featured. You have clearly led a very interesting life and made brave and difficult decisions albeit the right ones along the way. It certainly could not have always been easy but I hope that now it is and that you continue to enjoy good health, good food and good company. Your friendship with Corey is clearly a close one and something to treasure. I adore your recipes and cooking lessons, it would be wonderful to sit in your kitchen and hear the many stories you must have to tell. Corey is truly blessed in that way and I absolutely know how she will treasure your stories and memories, friendship & advice. Bon Anniversaire Annie,With love, Julie from South East England x
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Annie, Happy Birthday to you
You are a beautiful person a mentor we all look up to. I thank Corey and you for sharing your life with us. If the world had more Annie’s it would be a better place to live.
Hope you have a wonderful day and all your dreams come true
Love, laughter and happiness are wished for you all
Happy Birthday Annie! What a beautiful month to be born in. A month ago I met a woman who lives in the U.S. and is from France. When I met her I thought to myself… Wow! I’ve met my Annie! She looks just like you and was such a delight to talk to.
Happy Birthday Annie! I’m sorry I didn’t get to meet you at dinner in Lourdes in 2007 (you were sleeping) but thank you for teaching me (through Corey) to see the little joys in life and to cook beautiful treats. I’m currently making your rose jam. Love, Allison in San Francisco.
Hi Annie,
I get my notifications of Corey’s blog a day later than the entries appear on the webpage, so I’m chiming in late, but Happy Birthday! I enjoy Corey’s entries that star you; it is a glimpse into the life of another extraordinary person.
x0x0x0
Kate,
Saskatchewan, Canada
A Aine
go mbeimid beo ar an am so aris
breithlá shona duit!
This wish is in Gaelic Annie and translates as follows:
“that we may be alive and living this time next year. Happy Birthday”
Helen Tilston
Bonne Anniversaire! Je vous souhaite beaucoup plus d’anniversaires et beaucoup plus de bénédictions.
Happy Birthday Annie
You bring so much joy to Yann and Corey and I pray you are here for at least to 100.
The very best to you.
hugs..Sharon/Kansas/USA
Annie, I’m glad you had such a wonderful birthday! May we all learn to live with as much joy and grace as you share and may you have many more birthday celebrations to come!
Annie, as you continue to slide down the banister of life, may the splinters always point the other way! Joyeux Anniversaire to one of lifes delights.
Nikki (in Melbourne, Australia)
Dearest Annie,
I am sure you are continuing to ceebrate your birthday. I want to add a comment to add a year to those 171 blog greetings!
Bisous from Isère
Annie, you delight my Soul and my garden here in Alabama. Thank you for sharing your spark and lighting our days through Corey. My garden knows you both . . . the way only gardens can. Happy Blooming!
gently, Kay
Oh gosh, this is SO FUNNY…. I winced reading that and I burst out laughing!
Annie just might be sliding down that banister – and yes, hopefully the right way!!! Thank you! 🙂
Dear Annie;
My birthday is also in May (the 11th). I think it is the most wonderful month to have been born in!. I hope you have enjoyed all your blog birthday wishes. Please know how much I enjoy reading about you in Corey’s blog.
Best Wishes,
Harriet
Happy birthday, Annie! Today is also my lovely neighbor Ethel’s 92nd birthday! I love her as much as Corey loves you.
Happy Belated Birthday Annie from Vickie in Sacramento, California. You are amazing, and like a good wine, only getting better with age! Bon anniversaire!
Dear Annie,
I want to be as joyous and full of life when I’m 92 as you are right now.
I always celebrate my entire birth MONTH so even though this wish isn’t landing on your actual birthday, enjoy the entire month, ma chere! It’s still your birthmonth, so have a happy one.
Cheers from Gig Harbor, Washington. I love that you’ve gotten greetings from all over the world.
HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY.
HOORAY TODAY’S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
IT’S NOT FOR BEAVERS OR FOR BEARS,
IT’S NOT FOR PICKLES OR FOR PEARS.
IT’S NOT NEXT WEEK OR YESTERDAY
HOORAY TODAY’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!
This is a birthday song sung by my
co-workers. Thought you might like an alternative to the standard Happy
Birthday song.
I hope Annie had a wonderful time
today and at her 100th birthday.
I’ll still be reading your blog.
Also getting in late… story of my life but for Annie her are my wishes via Bob Dylan “Forever Young”
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
And may you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand up right be strong
And my you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart be joyful (it clearly is!)
May your song always be sung
And may you stay forever young
Happy Birthday Annie……!!!!! and Many more!!!!
Oh goodness I’m probably too late but I just wanted to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE!!!!
I hope you had a WONDERFUL Birthday!!!
Maura in Kansas
Joyeaux Anniversaire, Annie. Feliz compeanos. Happy birthday!!!!
Would you ever have guessed you would be an inspiration to woman in Texas whom you’ve never met? Je souhaite vous la plupart d’année de merveille et beaucoup de beaucoup plus.
Trois bissous,
Danna from Dallas
Was away from the computer for a couple of days… AND I MISSED Annie’s birthday !!!
Feeling sorry and very frustrated !!!
Now a few words for her, anyway:
Chère Annie,
C’est avec 2 jours de retard que je reviens sur le blog de Corey aujourd’hui, et je m’en veux terriblement, car j’ai raté CE jour qui est le vôtre…
J’espère que vous avez passé un très bon dimanche. Je suis certaine que vous avez été bien entourée et fêtée!
Mon retard ne m’empêchera pas de vous envoyer une corbeille de petits flacons aux couleurs pastelles:
– un premier rempli de pétales de tendresse,
– un autre rempli de quelques airs d’accordéon,
pour faire valser chacun de vos jours,
– un autre rempli de perles parfumées de bonne santé,
– un autre rempli de quelques notes de violon,
pour mettre chacun de vos souvenirs en chanson,
– un autre rempli de dragées de bonheur,
à déguster à toute heure,
– et un sixième rempli de mon amitié, à
consommer et à partager sans modération…
J’ai soigneusement enrubanné cette corbeille de quatre-vingt-douze bises et de douces pensées.
Je sais déjà que le tout arrivera à bon port, car ma messagère est d’une fiabilité sans pareille !
A very happy belated birthday to Annie! Best wishes for many more years from a fan in Texas!
Happy Birthday Annie. You represent for me the joy and vitality I would like to carry into the second half of my life. I love your reminiscents of time past and I love your eagerness for sharing the moment. You and one of the wise elders to whom we all depend to bring the relativity of experience into the present moment. Thank you.
A very happy Birthday to Annie from a fellow Greek Girl (in NY!). Please tell Annie we said “Kai sta 100!” (which means “here’s to 100!” years) xoxo
Dear Annie, your story as told by Corey has inspired many. There is a quote from a buddist monk that goes something like this, pick a blade of grass and you change the world. Your story has given many many people a change of perspective…you have no idea. Thank you Annie, and happy birthday!!!
Dearest Annie, 92 wonderful years is a God Send….We know you through the blog writings of Corey Amareo! You are a blessed woman to have her acquaintance and friendship. She is blessed with yours! Have a very blessed and happy Birthday and may God continue to bless you again and again! Please tell us through Corey, any nugget of truth that comes to your mind, would love to hear from you! Best of Life to you! Brenda
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