Eva wrote me something for my birthday.
She put down in writing how she sees me.
Here it is.
Me. <3
There is this woman I know...
She is unlike anyone on this earth.
She has grown from all life has delivered; she has risen to every challenge.
This woman changes everything.
There is this woman I know...
For years I have watched her move in and out of circles.
Some call it nomadic, I call it multifaceted...
When the rest of the world around her searches for a place to belong, she has discovered that her place is everywhere.
Everywhere as long as she remains true to her heart, true to her soul.
There is this woman I know...
She sees the good and bad in all things.
At times, her emotion takes over & life seems overwhelming...
Then her logic embraces her heart, she tells her inner voice 'I got this' and out of the ashes, she rises.
And life is all her making, all her construction.
There is this woman I know...
Afraid and accepting of change all at once.
With all tribulations that have left her feeling as though she is in a world of darkness, she has overcome her fear of change & accepted that it is inevitable.
The fierce determination with in her can sometimes be mistaken for stubbornness.
But really, she is following the blaze in her heart that screams 'I will not let this determine who I am. I decide who I am'...
And who she is... She is a force to be reckoned with.
There is this woman I know...
Her heart is bigger than anyone, even me, can comprehend.
God made her in his image...
God made her perfect for her purpose.
God made her in a way that brings life & love to all she encounters, all she connects with...
God made her in a way that she is a blessing to all who know her.
And she has no idea...
There is this woman I know...
She would lay down her life for her friends, the family of her soul, the circle of her truth.
She has this aura that compels those around her to open up & show her their true colours.
And when this happens, the colour of her life, her being shines on the world and leaves those around her changed, affected, unable to return to a life where a connection to this woman did not exist.
There is this woman I know...
She is filled with honestly, loyalty and love.
She lives deep within the core of acceptance and leads by example.
She is passionate about justice - for her beloved family of her soul...
There was a time where life & love was about her beloveds, a time where the pendulum swung on their direction & never quite bounced back to her.
Now, through light & darkness, change & acceptance, weakness & strength, out of the ashes she has brought the pendulum back to her.
Her passion and justice not only extends to her beloveds... But now, more than ever, and possibly for the first time in her life, her passion and justice starts with her.
It belongs with her.
It lives within her.
It loves within her.
There is this woman I know...
She is strong & vulnerable.
She is convicted yet open to possibilities.
She is open yet protective.
She is gentle yet forceful.
She is a dreamer and a realist.
She is proud, as she should be, yet she is humble.
She loves without condition.
She loves without regret.
She holds her head high & faces the world around her with an attitude of learning, of experience, and a wonder for what this roller coaster of life has in store for her next.
She is all these things, more one day or less the next, but this woman is a perfect balance of all the qualities in life that many long to hold & possess.
There is this woman I know...
Kindness is just the tip of her soul.
Belief runs cursively through her veins.
No matter the adversity, no matter the test, she holds onto her kindness and her belief that there is a reason behind it all.
That's not to say that he isn't tempted to knock someone out...
But she knows now that that's not who she is or wants to be.
She believes she is better...
And lord almighty, she IS better).
There is this woman I know...
Her laugh is infectious.
Her smile is pure divinity.
Her humour leaves those around her breathless, stupefied, in tears if laughter.... She finds the humour in even darkness & turns it to light.
Even when she is inappropriate... She is perfect. She is hilarious. She elicits all of this in all she encounters.
She makes the world filled with happy and& harmony with the light in her existence.
There is this woman I know...
She is unlike anyone on this earth.
She lives, breathes, and exists according to the beat of her heart,
No matter her surroundings, no matter her circumstance.
She happens to life, and the lives of those around her in the greatest of ways:
Uplifting, encouraging, empowering, unyielding, and so extremely engaging.
She is the embodiment of transformation.
She is the pure definition of what it means to be a woman.
She is the heart and soul of the world around her,,,
She is the phoenix rising, the butterfly taking flight, the sunshine before, during and after the rain.
This woman I know is my dearest.
This woman is my companion.
This woman is the sister of my soul.
This woman is you.
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