Birthday note for you

(to read, please don your Stella)

(Ok reader…are you Stella now? if so, read on; if not, find a quietish place, sit comfortably, take 10 deep breaths…inspiration on the breath in, troubles on the breath out. Sit Stella in your lap if you can’t feel it…don’t worry she fits comfortably anywhere. Be her as you know her…don’t worry, you know her perfectly, I promise)

Hi Stella,

Tomorrow is your 20th birthday! Woot Woot!

Congratulations my girl,

look where we are!

Look at what you’ve done!

what an incredible accomplishment you’ve made of your existence.

Surprising…

stunning…

to the very farthest, far-flung fields of what any of us would have imagined…

no one saw this coming…

I mean, anyone who met you heated up under your mega-watt smile!

We always knew you were a leader;

in human form, from your feather fingers you reached out to everyone…it was a loving, hummingbird touch of tremendous power.

I know, it’s a lot of hyperbolic speachifying…but, come-on, you know where it’s coming from…

and of course you know it’s true.

my Stella the yella,

Stella the little sister

Stella balancing bundle on my hands

Stella the helper of her classmates

bomber on the ultimate field

singer of made-up tunes

Stella of the hard times

Stella the still

Stella the magic disappeared girl

Now

Stella who sits with me in the mornings and tells me what I need to know…

reminds me what I already know,

connects me to me

and to Mu…(right on target)

who blends with my thoughts seamlessly

who instructs me in the impossible task…

You’ve just done it all quite perfectly, Stella.

I love you.

And I’m so glad you’re here the way you are…

sitting with me in the morning,

walking with me in Detroit today,

saying goodbye to Dana and Jim on the lot,

running with my superhuman sister yesterday.

I’m so very grateful for you right now in this moment just the way you are, Stella, Stella of the one’s I love, Stella-through-this-reader, Stella of the All Place.

Happy birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

(that’s how you’d say it)

I’ll see you on the mat soon…

we’ll keep working through these brambles together;

let’s find that lost girl on the corner and get her safe;

let’s find that ghoulish figure in the upper left hand corner and put it to rest…I think it needs some loving, caring attention.

I’ll keep working on reaching out with your powerful, feather-touch technique.

kisses sweet, l love you.