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“I can’t believe I have to do laundry on my birthday.” -Jim Gaffigan-
It’s my birthday today. I have been alive for exactly 24 years. I am very impressed with myself, as I should be.
I was commenting to my family last night at dinner that birthdays are so unique. We take the time to celebrate not just the fact that someone has lived another year, but we celebrate also the idea that they simply exist. “Thank you for being alive, existing and being a part of my life,” seems to be the general consensus from people at a birthday party, they just don’t verbalize it.
Father, make this year interesting. Make it unlike any other year in my life. Give me storms and give me peace. Help me to live a life that affects all those around me so that they might know you more. Encounter me as I am, at 24 years old. Let me love as you love me. Let me encourage as you encourage me. Let me have patience as you have patience with me.
