Through the Darkness: My Disastrous 20th Birthday

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

My Disastrous 20th Birthday

This past weekend was my birthday, and you might say, it went a little disastrous. Hmmm, where shall I begin? Well, the morning was quite ordinary and went, I'd say, pretty well. In the afternoon my big brother took me to go see a movie and went and got dessert. We had a great time together laughing and just happy to be together. For the evening we had a nice little party planned with several friends invited. When I got home I received a few phone calls, people telling me they could not make it. So then I was expecting six friends and my grandparents. I was expecting two of my friends to arrive a little late. One was driving from Whittier and the other was getting out of work late...that was OK, at least I would see them for my special day. Momma made me dinner ( whatever I wanted) and we also had a nice big cake to share. My friend from Whittier finally made it and we had a pretty good time, though, all the while I was a little sad for my other friends still hadn't made it. We had karaoke and had a good time socializing. My night ended in tears because I felt that there was just something wrong with me because nobody could make it and my friends never showed up. I balled my eyes out, we had tons of extra food and I had a saddened countenance due to no one able to come. Until my momma and good friend I have known since we were nine comforted me and reminded me that I am loved by many...even if no one was able to make it.

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LizaMarch 4, 2009 at 9:45 AM
One of the hardest things in life to comprehend is when we allow other people to control ours -- by either meeting our expectations or by failing to meet them. Especially on major event days, we want the people we love to be there, so we can hug them and thank them in person for how much they mean to us. Perhaps it's an expectation that is too high, but I think it's okay to want that; the problem occurs when they don't show up because that hurts worse because we were counting on it so much to "make" our special day.

You had so much joy, so much love, so much given to you on your birthday that you may want to count those blessings, rather than focusing on the ones that weren't realized.
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