A Letter to a Dear Friend

To My Dearest Liz-

Birthdays can be a difficult time as we enter into our middle years. But, for you, this day should be celebrated to its fullest. I’m so proud of the woman you are today, brave and open. You may express apprehension and pain in your search for yourself, but I see a bright and hopeful future in each step you take. I believe that your every acceptance will carry you into a beautiful second half.

And, if there is no free will, then we are bound by our biologies and our traumas and triumphs. Surrendering to yourself on a cellular level is ironically the most freeing thing we can do. The fire in life is all around us ready to consume or to renew.

In your effort to breathe through your past, I hope you can revel in the extraordinary woman it shaped you to be. I hope you can bask in the joy of what you have this very moment. I wish you love for yourself and those that are deeply meaningful to you.

Bathe in the light, feel your body and envelope your breath in awareness.

All My Love,

photo by kamie kahlo