Happy 21st Birthday, Lola!

March 31, 2012 J. 0 Comments

Dear Lola,

I am ashamed to admit that I didn't know what to get you for your birthday this year. I thought long and hard about it but the only thing you really wanted i couldn't give to you. You've been so hooked on your desire to have a child that you've left me helpless as to what to get. I thought about getting you one of those Baby Annabelle dolls that cry, poop and sleep. I actually loved the idea until i realised that giving a Baby Annabelle to a 21-year old girl woman, wasn't the best idea i'd ever had. I mean at 21 you could go to war, buy and drink alcohol at a pub, vote, drive and even get married. No, a Baby Annabelle definitely wouldn't do.

21 is THE age. So were 16 and 18 but 21 is suppose be the pinnacle of our lives. I have to make it momentous for you.

Then it hit me.

The perfect idea:  I would take you up on the highest point i could find. And while we're up there i will show you the world (well at least part of it). Show you the numerous possibilities that awaited you. You can literally be anything or do anything. The world is your oyster, your playing field. You only have to play it, live it. Live, for those who have become before you and those who will come after you. Live, for those that you love and those that will love you. Live, because this is a chance that you have been given. Embrace it and live, because not doing so will have made your very existence futile.

Live and leave your footprints in the sands of time.. and in the hearts you will have touched. Live, darling because you only get to do it once. So make mistakes, fall in love, get hurt, be loved, prosper and never, ever  forget the journey.

Have an awesome day.

Bucket loads of love,

Jasmine-Marie.