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Birthdays are interesting things aren’t they? There is a joy in the celebration of self. It’s like a personal New Year with pampering at the forefront. Although, some people don’t like to celebrate them. Some never really celebrated to begin with, so they just give a nod of acknowledgment to the passing day. Of course, in my family, mom made it a big deal. I’m not talking themed birthday parties every year (although she did do that on occasion.) I’m talking – short of a parade – my mom had a way of making our birthday’s so special, we could hear the band in our head coming round the corner.
Okay, so I’m talking about birthday’s because the writer had a birthday. She is of a certain age now. I don’t mind telling you how old she is; it doesn’t faze her really. I’m 45.
In the book I’m working on, I have a character who feels old before her time. She meets a group of women on a train and as they talk, the main character is asked how old she is. But the questioner is interrupted by another one of the women who says, “that’s not really the question is it? The real question isn’t how old you are; the real question is how old do you feel?”
The writer has felt two things the past few years, she has felt about eighty-five, as if there is nothing left in her life. Yet, at the same time, she feels very much like Margaret Atwood: “I believe that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am mere in disguise.”
I have found, the past two years, my birthdays have been pushed and pulled in an aggravatingly wonderful sort of yin/yang. My mortality and life’s work have been unavoidably front and center in my face.
So here is the push and pull this year. I recently read these two quotes:
Our work is who we are in the world.
(That phrase rocked me a bit, so much so, that I jotted it down, and as I was reading three books simultaneously and researching on the inter-webs … I don’t know where I read it. The source will remain unknown until I figure it out.)
The second quote comes by way of Chuck Wendig who quoted author Delilah S. Dawson:
This is your reminder that every word you write is a drop of water that becomes the iceberg that will lift you out of the morass and toward your goal. No word is wasted. Short stories that don’t sell, books that you trunk, plots you sketch and abandon. Every word has value.
(@DelilahSDawson) January 13, 2019
These were both timely quotes. Because you see, as each year ticks by, sure my personal repertoire of words written increases in size and breadth. If my words alone needed a room, they would be pebbles bursting open doors because there was just so damn many of them and not enough room for all of us to live in this house together. Yet even though my work grows, my number of publications isn’t what I would like that to be.
Insert a dash of humanity here, and on a birthday, which I treat as a personal New Year, I tend to throw a pity party with the theme “I haven’t accomplished much of anything.” I hand out party hats so we can wallow in the fact that this is the mid-point and a different life was envisioned, not this one.
But I’m not one to linger at such a party, even if I did plan the whole thing and the decorations were amazingly on point this year and the cake was to die for…I stomp that party hat under foot; fuck that noise!
It took me a long time to tell people – definitively. Loudly! Positively. That I, Nicole Sharp, am a WRITER. That’s what I do. I vacillated for many years between admitting I was a writer and declaring I don’t do “anything” because there were no tangible books for me to hand out just yet. There is no mass amount of write-ups about my work. There are no readings, interviews or up-coming events with my picture pasted on a billboard to point to.
But still, I spend three to eight hours a day writing. So, if our work is who we are in the world and not one word I’ve written has been wasted…well shit. New party theme!
My three faithful fans are probably wondering what they can get me for my birthday. Well, this year, I’ll make it very easy. I’ll give you my wish list. Not only my wish list for my birthday but for Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Ground Hog Day, 4th of July, my friend Amy’s birthday, my anniversary, my kid’s birthday, next Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I want you to read my words and tell other’s I exist. Pass along my words to those others. Re-read past blog entries you’ve been meaning to read. And if my writing so far isn’t your cup of tea, go read others work. Support your local writers who are so in love with words and the world they feel they have something to share with you.
This year is going to bring about big change in my writing world, I’ve got an energy and new ideas that are already bringing about awesome success.
SIDE NOTE: Now, if you are like me and you read some floppy quote that insists Our work is who we are in this world. And if it makes your insides curl and you think, like I did, then I’m not much of anything. I also say give it a day or two. Rewrite your own life the way my grandmother used to rewrite my life.
You aren’t volunteering to work for Idaho Fish and Game for two weeks in the back country. You are the head moose wrangler for the Idaho Fish and Game. Tagging, testing, counting, doing surgical procedures, you know, doing very important work! (Note: she really did rewrite my life that way once.)
Flip the way you see the world, and the world sees you, and you’ll find you aren’t just a mother, sister, wife and daughter. You are a head chef at Casa Tua. You are the secretary from hell who can reorganize a monthly calendar in two minutes and hand it out to all involved re-collated and laminated. You are a multi-tasker who is so inspirational, somewhere in Hollywood right now, someone is pitching the reality TV show based on your abilities. Your smile alone and the two seconds of pure time you take to make eye contact with a barista today and genuinely tell them thank you…well, that can change the world.
Perspective my friends. I know there is a tendency to slouch toward the negative, but as it’s my damn birthday, I choose to see the powerful side of each of us. And as my party favor to you, I demand you take a minute and accept the power I see in you as well!
Now go read.
Suffering from writer's block? Not sure what to write in a birthday card? You're not alone. We put together a list of birthday wishes that are sure.
Here you'll find an assortment of sayings you can write inside a birthday card for either friends, loves, or family. Things like, "Hey, gorgeous! Are you Benjamin Button's mother? Because every year you look younger!"
Sometimes it can be difficult to find the right thing to say inside a card, especially if you're buying the card and gift at the last minute. We're so rushed these days, and because of that, the sayings below are designed to help you save a bit of time.
Here are five birthday thoughts and sayings to get you started, and you'll find even more featured below:
Note: The sayings you see contained herein are by Brite-Ideas (Barbara Tremblay Cipak). Please feel free to share them in a handwritten card. Not for commercial use.
Our job is each and every one’s path upon which we walk in our daily lives. The choice of the profession makes one’s life different from the life of others. It is this difference that might turn out to be difficult to explain when you look at somebody else’s job. This distance between occupations may be the source of humor when it comes to wishing someone “Happy Birthday”, but also an inspiration and a blessing.
Here are our tailor-made wishes for people of various professions. You might find this funny and it will definitely come in handy, so get inspired by our wishes or use them as they are! You can also share one of our pics on social media to spread the word.
If I missed your birthday today, it would really be a black hole on my important celebrations’ list.
I tried to calculate your age today, but I realized I had to a call a specialist. Any help?
Happy Birthday! May you keep flying us high!
Happy Birthday to the best cook in town.
When it’s your birthday, freedom of expression is only limited to the stories of the last few years…
Scene 1, interior, living room, you are blowing the birthday cake candles. Scene 2, interior, kitchen, you are having your 100th drink. Scene 3, interior, bathroom, you are letting yourself go. We’ve seen this film before!
I sent you a birthday card with some wishes on it, but I guess you considered it ‘a text block’, and didn’t read it, as usually. Happy Birthday!
A person’s bright smile on their birthday might either reveal a young age or a good dentist.
Happy Birthday! May your birthday be a garden full of laughter and love!
You are one cut above the rest! Happy Birthday to you! Thank you for keeping me looking fabulous!
May your birthday be something you will be influenced to write a Grammy-award winning song about! Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday. I hope you have a jammin’ slammin’ birthday!
Wishing you a truly wonderful birthday. May this year bring you even more successes and an abundance of happiness! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday.
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