Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2013

Birthday

So I had another BIRTHDAY on April 30th. My Mom planned a dinner party with some of my lifelong friends and surprised me by flying my sister Amy in from New York. It was a fun weekend, even though I have been dreading this particular mile marker on the journey that is life. 

Birthdays are moments in time when I was meant to arrive into this life experience. If I had been born at any other time, I would be a completely different person. And yet it seems that looking back, I spent much of my time and energy wishing I looked like someone else or had a different life. Why do we do that? Let’s ENJOY this time by accepting who we are, as is, and be HAPPY on this BIRTHDAY! Of course this makes me think (MMT) and write a SONG about it…

Turning of an age
I see the candles on a cake
And wonder where am I suppose to be by now?
On a no back track
I picture what lies up ahead
And make myself get out of the bed to take next steps...

Moving into 

chapter two
On to thirty
Forty, fifty
Birthdays
Celebrate
Life is good
When we're living 
Presently
OoooOH, presently

Friends and family call
To wish me well, posts on the wall
Bring out a smile, inside I still feel like a child
Do I blow a wish?
Or is it more about the breath?
That I take in to capture moments of alive

Moving into 
Chapter two
On to thirty
Forty, fifty
Birthdays
Celebrate
Life is good
When we're living
Presently
OoooOH, presently

Learning to be healthy is happy
Loving and feeling it all
Now choosing the things I want to receive
Throwing the other trash out

Writing a new 
Chapter two
On to thirty
Forty, fifty
Unafraid!
Celebrate
Life is good
Loving and living
Presently
OooooOH, presently

-shawna ray, today 4/30/13

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Happy 13th Birthday Kaiya Marie


Kaiya Marie 
-Love, Mom, by Shawna Ray  


Her eyes see the sky 
Her smile cheers and warms 
Her ideas bring forth life 
Her strength moves through storms 
Her light brings in the day 
Her wisdom is a guide 
Her humor fills and frees 
Her beauty is pure, divine 

A stellar star 
Dancing to her own beat 
Creative and witty 
Strong, friendly, unique 
She is smart, fun and good 
Beautiful inside and out 
Spunky, free 
And wacky (in a good way) 
Colorful, intuitive, 
Interesting, independent 
She is gifted, aware 
Chosen, Spirited 
A peaceful, present sweetheart 
She is directive, dramatic 
Musical, playful, 
Crafty and curious 

Daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend 
She loves to laugh and talk  
And listens with understanding 
A teen in the process of becoming  
She is loved and lovely 
The one and only...Kaiya Marie
 


Happy 13th Birthday to my baby girl/beautiful teenager making her way through the challenging middle school season. It will get better. Look for the good as you continue on this journey through life.  

Live, Give, Love, Laugh, Learn... 
I love you and will always be your biggest fan, 
Mom