Celebrate Life

I'm struggling here to write something profound. "Celebrate Life" is all I can come up with today. This is coming from a lady who is obsessed with remembering birthdays and the dead. Supposedly, my card in Tarot's Major Arcana is "Death". Death can be translated into rebirth. This is called, "Thinking Positively". I am warming up to the idea.

Within this past week a baby named "Liam" whom I only know of through the power of blogs and my cousin's biological mother both passed away. These deaths were followed by my dad's 60 birthday and Father's Day.

People die and life goes on. No, it is not that simple. People die and it breaks your heart, but people living and celebrating the years that they have been alive, whether tormented or not, warms my heart. I don't understand why the same people who spend time grieving don't want to spend the same amount of time celebrating the people that are still around. Do you? What the hell is wrong with them anyway?! It's natural and healthy to mourn a loved one's death and yet remembering birthdays conjures cavalier twists of the wrists and "so-whats?" I have always valued the importance of birthdays because birthdays are the designated days of the year that we celebrate life. Yay, for life! Yay, for acknowledgement! We all want to be acknowledged and revered, right? We all deserve a pat on the back that means "Hey, you know what: I am happy that you are alive!" Let's party!!!

Someday we will all pass on and leave a heavy wake of tears, but in the meantime let's celebrate! Life is a gift, so at the risk of sounding like a Hallmark card, unwrap it and discover the wonder in your hands.