Birthday Thoughts

I want to write on some thoughts here on my birthday since today is the day that I turn 27. I haven't done something like this in ages but feel that it's a good time to reflect on the past years that I have been alive for here. I know my mom probably thought I was never going to be born until December but I guess I had other plans here.

I did get some info from my mom last night about the day I was born. My mom was starting to have some contractions early on and it wasn't until they got to the first hospital (since the doctors could delay my mom from delivering me early) that her water broke. From there it was off to another hospital and it was there that I was born at around 1:30 am without breathing my first breath. My mom was scared and the doctors began to help me breathe and that's when I cried after that. After that, I was in the NICU for a few months until I got to a healthy size and was able to breathe on my own with no major problems.

I never knew that I would be around for so long here as I have here. It's interesting to think that I could have been dead as an infant and yet I'm still around now to this day walking and standing, able to decide on my own future with whatever I want to do here. My birthdays have always been celebrated with people constantly since I had that personality of wanting everyone to celebrate it with me. I recall in grade school bringing doughnuts or sweets of some kind around that time to give out to my classmates in school. There were even times when I had birthday parties with my friends either at Chuck E Cheese's (that was only 1 year) or at the house in which it was a costume party. It was a lot of fun to have that with friends and some family members too.

I recall the family dinners that we would have where my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins would meet up and give me gifts of either toys or money or even clothes. Those were some great times. I even recalled how as I got a bit older, I started just getting money and a few gift cards to places like Best Buy or even Target to buy whatever I wanted.

I have to say though that my 21st birthday was a good one for me here since that was one that I never expected to happen. I recall meeting up with my Triton friends Alecia, Jenn, and Jerissa at home in which we went out to one mall and then drove all the way from there to Golf Mill before heading back home and seeing my family and friends there ready to surprise me with drinks galore. I had such great times there especially with having my old teacher and friend come over as well to ring in the celebration for me.

Now that I'm 27 years old today, I see that many things have been good and bad. While I tend to focus a bit more on the bad stuff, this year I am making a promise that I need to start looking at the brighter side of things here. I should no longer be a pessimist but be more of an optimist here. Only in doing that can I find great successes in my life like how I saw them many years ago when I was younger.