Happy Birthday to me!
I am amazed at the plethora of emotions that birthdays evoke in a human being.
I do not think it is because of the escalating numbers or the candles crowding on the cake, but more of a reality check and emotional overload. I am sure that I am not the only one to feel like this.
A friend was going to fly to Nashville from Chicago to visit, and with one challenge after another, decide late last night not to come.
Well! At any other time this may have been okay, but this is my birthday!
We had planned on spending the next days catching up as I have not seen him in three years, and now I have the next days free.
Okay, that sounds like no bog deal until you think about what I am going to be doing on my birthday night. I live in Nashville...I want to celebrate!
Do I call friends and sound desperate? Do I stay home and feel sorry for myself?
At noon my girlfriends are having a tea party at ever so cute Savannah Tea Cup.
That is such a sweet place.
Then I realize that as much as I like people I do not like people to make a fuss about me. Whew! I am a mess!
I have incredible girlfriends...and I do mean amazingly incredible - Lane, Teresa, Michelle...to name a few...
And I am ever so humbled by their actions to celebrate my day.
Birthdays...laughter, tears, humble, friends, cake, thankfulness.
Happy birthday to the world today...you have all been gift to me!
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Happy belated birthday!
Sometimes no matter how strong or how secure we are, emotions happen.
Especially when we are looking forward to a special visit or just in need of someone to listen when we phone them. Not email or text...I mean a real live voice of comfort. I am much more aware of actual phone calls since you wrote this birthday message. I am taking a little extra time to be sure that the person calling isn't in need of something more than meets the ear. If I don't have the extra time to talk right then, I am making sure they know that I care and that I will listen with compassion as soon as I am free. I am also making sure that we agree on an approximate time before we hang up so that person knows I am sincere about listening. We can all do more to comfort each other. When things come up last minute causing us to change our plans to meet others, it is a downer for both. When a friend in need calls us on the phone and we can't talk, is another downer for both. Calls sometimes come in when we aren't in a possition to talk. We can still leave the other person with the secure feeling that we care and with a time that we both agree will give us more time. I am sharing what is working for me...
I try to state in advance of the visit or conversation just how much time I have and I ask for the same information in return. This way we both know what we have to work with and we won't feel cut off if one has to end the visit.
Having friends is the best birthday gift of all.
Thank you for sharing.
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