Title: Celebration (2005)
Media: Mixed with Resin
Size: 50cm x 75
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As you get older - and I think especially once you've had children - your birthdays tend to take on far less significance to you. Well I know that's the way it is for me ... I could happily slip under the radar .. and just get another year older .... and hopefully a little wiser ...
However, today I wasnt allowed to do that ... I was totally and utterly completely spoilt - and I'm not talking in a materialistic way - it was about people showing me that they care and that I'm important in their lives ... they each expressed it so differently from texts to phone calls, emails to cards, gifts to meals, hugs to kisses, poems to talks ... thank you !!!
One of my best friends really overwhelmed me with her thoughtfulness today .. which included her planning a secret for my children to give me as a surprise .. everything about this friend is so full of love and generosity in every way .... down to ensuring that my kiddies had a present to give me that was very special ....
It made me realise today, that birthdays arent about getting older at all, they're a day to celebrate your special bond with your friends and family. I feel truly grateful for my wonderful friends and family ... today I counted my blessings not my years .. and thats exactly the way it should be ....
2 comments:
...may all your birthdays be as special.
I love the concept of "secret friends", often used in schools. Children (and adults) are given the name of someone and are challenged to do one nice thing for that person every day for a week. It is amazing how that programme can change a classroom or a playground!
What a fantastic idea!! I love it! I can just imagine how far reaching those positive effects would be on the person giving and the one receiving and everyone else around ...
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