my dear friend, nicole, celebrated another year on this planet yesterday. this fascinating woman and i spent some timeless years together in norman, ok...writing (rarely using caps, you see), laughing (seriously good, deep, hurting the next day laughs), singing (i don't mind the sun sometimes), circling (repetition, repetition), traveling (nine states in four days...still a personal best), reading (from george's dante love to smashed fairies and all that fall in between), walking (down railroad tracks for a diet dp so early in the cold cold morning), dreaming (of knitting nations and salt like sand for miles and miles and miles)....
friend,
you have lived beyond everyone's hopes for you - taken on the big city, taught the masses (i will sit on the hill, the children will come to me, and i will teach them...), shared your unique view of the world with the world, helped the grounded to fly, given voice to the silent, wed, and found a baby in your belly... and we find ourselves so far apart. but please know that i admire and love and miss you. i am thankful for the pieces of me that i remember when we do connect. i hope that you had a magical birthday and got there smiling, just as the sun went down....
here's to here.
and i you.
happy birthday.
2 comments:
That's beautiful Jen... thanks for sharing.
O my friend, thank you so much. Love you always. Truly.
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