I have had several days of extremes. I have lived, I have loved & I have laughed....& I have cried. For whatever part you may have had in it, I thank you. It was all worth it. You are all so special to me in so many ways.
Today has been a roller coaster kinda day, it had it's up & downs from early morning till the present moment.
Tonight I had dinner with a friend from long ago. I walked into the restaurant to find her in the back room sitting at a table with a very large gift on the tables beside her. I was told I needed a drink before I was allowed to open the package. (& I think this is the part where we got really funny!) It may have been several drinks later when I began my quest. The box had 3 holes on the top. She gave me a note pad & said "This is your life". You have to write everything you find in this box on this piece of paper, then we'll go over it.
The 1st thing I wrote was a puppy, but I knew it couldn't be one in there because the box never moved while we were drinking beside it. (I watched) I later crossed it off.
So I had to put my hands in the box & feel around. Here is the 1st paper she read to me when she began, my list & the one she went over afterwards...
Holly,
So it's your birthday....Here's what we are going to do...
You see I am pretending to be an artist
(just like you)
I have made you a sculpture of sorts
Symbolizing your 50 years!
You make a list of what is in the box...
and then I will elaborate
And perhaps bring you to tears...
I wrote on the top of the paper "This is my life". I have to tell you I was a little afraid of putting my hand into the box.
My list:
hat
something furry / wildlife
belt (this could go in many directions)
wine glass
flip flop (beach)
seeds
photo album
cd
shovel
seashells
piece of tire
bolt from my halo
picture frame
cassette tape
hiking boot
plant
halloween mask, very old(!)
bottle - beer
Here's what she said to me....
Straw hat...shielding the many hours outside walking and picking in the warm sun
wine glass...need I say more
cd...for the music that has recently rocked your soul
hiking boots...need I say more
a dog collar...for all your faithful friends that have accompanied you
a plant...that was grown by your own hands
flip flops...need I say more
a bolt...that was once screwed into your head
cassette...for back in the day when we rocked and danced the nights away
seashells...need I say more
beer bottle...for the old days before wine
soft fur...for THE ONE who has walked & pet lions!
hiking boots...need I say more
photo book...for those lives you have magically captured
tire tread...for the many miles "On the road again"
seeds...for the start of many new seasons
cork...need I say more
a picture frame...for that amazing Holly image
a trough...that you have dug so often into the earth
a sticky wash cloth...that has gently washed your next generation
Happy Birthday my friend...it's hard to find one object for friendship so...
my symbolism of friend ship is in this box!
For only very...very...good friends know so much about one another...
This is who I am, (and so much more!!!).
I will cherish this the rest of my life.
