Awesomeness Anniversary

I have decided that I would like to establish an anniversary of being awesome.  Of being my single, awesome, philosophizing self...

Everyone should have a day to celebrate something other than their birthday.  A day to celebrate being free, healthy, happy, sad, sober, creative, monotonous, crazy, a wearer of fancy pants...whatever it is that makes you YOU.  A way for you to LOVE WHO YOU ARE...

Part of this celebration is inviting your friends and loved ones.  Who is to say that just because you are single, or without kids, or perhaps just a little eccentric that you have less reason to celebrate life than anybody else?  People get married....you send them presents and celebrate their happiness.  That couple has a baby...you send them presents and celebrate their happiness + one.  That child eventually graduates from high school....you send them a present and celebrate their smarts.  The cycle perpetuates.

But what if you don't get married, don't have kids, and therefore don't get to see this celebratory cycle passed on to them?  Why don't you get the option to celebrate something else?  To invite your friends to a party to celebrate your dog graduating from obedience school or to register yourself for kitchen supplies at Williams-Sonoma because you recently decided that in a week's time, you will take a vow to be completely happy with yourself for just one day.  Who decides what matters more?

As a celebration for being the awesome and wonderful you...have a party, kick up your feet, twirl in circles, and invite the people who matter most to you.  Play games, laugh, enjoy the treats you have on the table.  Go around the room and ask that your friends and loved ones say one thing about you that they love.  Have them explain to you why you are an awesome person.  Validate that you are you, and you are loved regardless of status, class, or procreation.  Make your guests write down a loving adjective that describes you...store it in a jar and read the notes to yourself on the following anniversary of awesomeness. 

Remind yourself that you are you. Come hell or high water...you are all you've got and the one thing you can truly give yourself is love.

Our tip-toes, leaps, and bounds are only as big as we wish them to be.