My Birthday
Okay, I was looking at my blog, and I've realized that lately its rather heavy or at least issue oriented, and what blogs are usually supposed to be about are the day to day life experiences that intrigue, frustrate, confuse, and amuse us- andI've been discussing wrongful imprisonment and prostitution. But I gues thats just the real me coming out. Anyways, I've decided to blog about something completely trivial. My birthday!! July 24 baby, and I will be 23. That seems so old. No more interesting birthdays until 30 really. It also makes me think I should have more things figured out- but then I talk to my friends, most of whom are as clueles as me. I love you guys!! I probably won't do anything too interesting, just dinner and maybe Taste of Kalamazoo, but just a restful weekend is really all I need. Youth Group will be a pool party- which was purposely planned so that it would be easier for me. I remember as a kid having a whole week that seemed like my birthday. Maybe it was that July begins with the 4th of July, and then Andy's birthday is on the 10th. As kids, since our birthdays were so close, we'd have a party for friends in between our birthdays and then have something smaller on the actual day for family. (My mom may completely contradict this- she accuses me of having a faulty memory when it comes to my childhood.) So pretty much the whole month of July had something exciting happening on a weekly basis.
So, Sunday Melissa and I will be a year older, and for her this is the first year as mom. She brought Max in to visit the school, which was exciting for several reasons. As she was about to leave, she asked Max to say goodbye and he reached out and gave me a hug. Melissa told me that this is a really good thing, since he has always been more reluctant to bond with women because of his mom abandoning him at such an early age and just having his dad around. This made me very happy and renewed my conviction that someday I want to adopt.
The kids were also very excited see Miss Melissa and they all set out to be the one to entertain him and get a reaction. I found out today after school that one of our kids have asked his mom if she would ever have to give him away if she couldn't take care of him. Heartbreaking, but it apparently created a good opportunity for conversation.
Okay, I was looking at my blog, and I've realized that lately its rather heavy or at least issue oriented, and what blogs are usually supposed to be about are the day to day life experiences that intrigue, frustrate, confuse, and amuse us- andI've been discussing wrongful imprisonment and prostitution. But I gues thats just the real me coming out. Anyways, I've decided to blog about something completely trivial. My birthday!! July 24 baby, and I will be 23. That seems so old. No more interesting birthdays until 30 really. It also makes me think I should have more things figured out- but then I talk to my friends, most of whom are as clueles as me. I love you guys!! I probably won't do anything too interesting, just dinner and maybe Taste of Kalamazoo, but just a restful weekend is really all I need. Youth Group will be a pool party- which was purposely planned so that it would be easier for me. I remember as a kid having a whole week that seemed like my birthday. Maybe it was that July begins with the 4th of July, and then Andy's birthday is on the 10th. As kids, since our birthdays were so close, we'd have a party for friends in between our birthdays and then have something smaller on the actual day for family. (My mom may completely contradict this- she accuses me of having a faulty memory when it comes to my childhood.) So pretty much the whole month of July had something exciting happening on a weekly basis.
So, Sunday Melissa and I will be a year older, and for her this is the first year as mom. She brought Max in to visit the school, which was exciting for several reasons. As she was about to leave, she asked Max to say goodbye and he reached out and gave me a hug. Melissa told me that this is a really good thing, since he has always been more reluctant to bond with women because of his mom abandoning him at such an early age and just having his dad around. This made me very happy and renewed my conviction that someday I want to adopt.
The kids were also very excited see Miss Melissa and they all set out to be the one to entertain him and get a reaction. I found out today after school that one of our kids have asked his mom if she would ever have to give him away if she couldn't take care of him. Heartbreaking, but it apparently created a good opportunity for conversation.
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