And today, I think, is the most appropriate day for me to say these things.
I have a weird little birthday ritual. Each year I go off someplace alone for a few hours and write letters to everyone who's had a big impact in my life that year. Sometimes it's been a good thing and sometimes it wasn't (ahem, evil ex-boyfriend). I write about whatever they taught me - good or bad and how that made me a better person (even the bad stuff can make you better). I don't necessarily send the letters - though sometimes I have - but I always keep them until the next year when I burn them and write new ones.
Weird, huh? Probably the one time each year when I'm introspective and not shallow. Heh. It sounds like you have sort of the same thing going on.
Happy Birthday!
And today, I think, is the most appropriate day for me to say these things.
I have a weird little birthday ritual. Each year I go off someplace alone for a few hours and write letters to everyone who's had a big impact in my life that year. Sometimes it's been a good thing and sometimes it wasn't (ahem, evil ex-boyfriend). I write about whatever they taught me - good or bad and how that made me a better person (even the bad stuff can make you better). I don't necessarily send the letters - though sometimes I have - but I always keep them until the next year when I burn them and write new ones.
Weird, huh? Probably the one time each year when I'm introspective and not shallow. Heh. It sounds like you have sort of the same thing going on.