A Birthday Gift...

 

A Birthday Gift…

And one to Remember...

8/15/25

This has been a birthday of remembrance, something I

will hold and cherish. A gift, in the form of a colorful bouquet

of flowers being hand delivered to me by Janet, who has

blessed my life in many ways, caught me just as I was in

the process of walking Abby, the dog of the man whose

father I was doing in-home care with, and handed me

the beautiful array of a colorful bouquet on the

morning of my birthday.

Making it a birthday I will always remember

in the best way. To know that someone actually

cared enough to make my day special, a day that

was for the first time, remembered, other than by me,

usually when I do, though, it is after the fact.

The flowers brightened my day immeasurably and

let me know someone actually cares. That alone

brings a tiny glimmer of hope.

Every once in a while, the invisibility cloak unveils

and disperses for a moment or two, and someone

chooses to see me, at least for that tiny brief

moment, feelings of being Human emerge.

Hope filled my being, for a brief moment or two,

then reality settled back in. And the hope faded back

and disappeared into the ether, once again.

But the Beauty of the flowers, hand delivered and

being seen for a brief moment and actually acknowledged

on my Birthday, is something I will always

cherish and remember.

This birthday truly was a Gift!