Today is my birthday. Birthday’s are different once you get older, get married, and become a parent. I have two loads of laundry waiting for me. I have to pack for our holiday trip, and the floor desperately needs a good mopping. Not to mention, Bam Bam just dumped the dog’s water bowl out onto the kitchen floor- not kidding, gotta go…
K, back.
Hot Nerd and I will go out to dinner tonight, and I will feel blessed to not have to cook. It won’t be too late of an evening because gawsh I’m so freakin’ tired from getting up at 6 am every day with Bam Bam, and running around with him all day. If I had my way- I would sleep all day- not because I’m depressed, but because sleep ROCKS! And I don’t get enough of it.
But I remember when birthdays were huge. The best day ever! Before you officially enter into a grown up life, with major grown up problems. And I remember my last, best, birthday…
I wrote this years ago, and I thought I’d share it with you. It was written about how I spent my birthday (today) four years ago. The night my husband proposed to me.
It takes some audience participation, so take a breath, use your imagination, and come with me…
Imagine it’s your birthday.
It’s a treasure hunt.. a day filled with clues, gifts, and fun.
Now, I want you to imagine spending that day with your most favorite person in the world. Are you imagining??… good.
Now, pick three of your most favorite things to do. Now, imagine that for some magical reason, the whole world wants to make you feel special on your birthday. It’s like you’ve rubbed a genie bottle.
The first thing that you and your favorite person do is exactly what you would’ve wished for. Are you thinking of your first favorite thing?… good. Then, some random person hands you a card that leads you to believe there may be more good things in store for you today. Yes, a total stranger hands you a birthday card.
POOF! There you are doing another one of your most favorite things in the world. It’s another whole birthday present. Another wish come true.
What did you wish for this time? I hope it’s a good one. I hope it makes you feel like you’re an exquisite piece of the universal puzzle. Like you belong. Like you’re living life.
Just when you think it can’t get any better, another card is handed to you, and the genie wisks you and your loved one away to a third birthday suprise.
Imagine the third thing you picked. Imagine…. Now, add something grand to it. Just do it. A little touch that makes it just a little more glamorous. Something that you wouldn’t normally have thought of because it’s too exspensive, or indulgent. Do it… trust me, it’s awesome.
You’ve had the most special day of your life, and you spent it with the one person you would’ve wanted to. It’s time for the genie to leave, but you’re not dissapointed. You feel fantastic. You feel serene. You feel special. You feel so incredibly loved that you think you might burst.
You say goodbye to your magic birthday genie, but instead of dissapearing in a cloud of smoke, The genie morphs into the one person you’ve been with all day. And just when you ready to float to bed and have the sweetest dreamms you can imagine… You’re taken to a very special place…
Take a deep breath, and imagine…
Imagine a starlit sky…
Imagine a mountaintop view…
A path, lit with white candles…
Imagine that you were lucky enough to find a genie to grant you three wishes on your birthday. Anything that you wanted.
Now imagine realizing that your wishes aren’t over…
There is someone standing in front of you that wants to make all your wishes come true… always…
Imagine…
Imagine the warmest feeling you’ve ever had…
Imagine that the entire world, for one brief moment, was smiling at you.. the lucky one… the charmed one.. the most special person the world…
Imagine…
Hold that feeling…
Now take a slow, deep breath…
and multiply that feeling by ten.
I’m a lucky girl.
Sure, things are a little different now, when we’re struggling, have a small child, and can barely find the time to keep up with each other’s schedules. But, my genie is still there. He’s got alot of grown up crap to take care of, and so do I.
What’s my wish this year??
To have my genie be there to grant my son his wishes. To make him feel like the most special person in the world, like I did that night. So I can watch his little face light up with glee…
Oh wait, look at that-
granted.
For me??
awww, this was so sweet!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! enjoy your dinner out tonight and get some birthday nookie.
Hmmmm… why what an excellent suggestion, Nic.
This is, without a doubt, the very best birthday post that I have ever read. Thank you, thank you for walking me through this process. It really did make my day.
I wish you all the best in the coming year. And definitely enjoy dinner out tonight with your Hot Nerd!
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