| YAY! Party Shrimp! That was one of the images I used in my last 2-D project. You know, the not fun one that I had to cut all the stuff out. Oh, wait. That is all of them.
I also found it kind of funny when I discovered that classes are cancelled when your teacher is sick. Go figure! I'm sure that you figured that out, too. |
I know I'm cute; you don't have to tell me.
And here is a picture of Tim and Kate and me:
Sorry, Tim looks like a hobo. This picture was at the Busta Rhymes concert. They had it on campus for some party thing called W.I.L.D. (walk in, lay down: whatever that means). I'm sure you would have liked it... more your kind of music than mine. ;)
| Anyway, I wanted to do something for your birthday that was more or less unconventional. And this is what I came up with. I wanted to show you how I'm doing, and tell you what you've meant to me over the years. So, here it is. |
Over the years, I have had so many problems... worse ones than most kids. I don't know what is wrong with me, but you have always been there. I wish I would have taken advantage of that more, because your willingness to help is such a beautiful thing. It's the seemingly insignificant trip to the fresh market for that whim called sushi. It's the mother-daughter lunch/outting. It's the happy accident that occurs when you don't even know that you said something that helped me: when you are talking about something else, but it relates to what was bothering me. It's the five-minute talks we had when I got in at night. It's those few occasions that I could help you in the kitchen, even though I ended up hurting myself on something. Those are the times that have made me happiest in a city I couldn't wait to get out of. It's the things you don't notice that you do: the things that come to you naturally.
Mom can make it better.
Mom can fix it when I can't.
Mom can place the phone-call I can't bear to make.
| I just wanted to let you know that I am thinking about you while I'm here; and that I wish I could have made your birthday special. This page was supposed to be celebratory, happy. But it sort of turned out kind of depressing. But maybe that's okay. I hope that, despite my hindrance to your yearly day, that I could show you how wonderful you are... how precious you are to me. I miss you, and I hope that someday I will be able to give back to you at least a fraction of the amount you contributed to me. For now, know that I love you. I don't say it enough.
I hope your day went well, despite the circumstances. Love always-- Jess |
