Even if I Am by Chasity Glass

Author:Chasity Glass
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Death, Health & Fitness, Diseases, Cancer, Bereavement, Grief, Family & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography, Women
ISBN: 9780985678777
Publisher: Shilhon House
Published: 2012-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

Anthony and me in Catalina on his 31st birthday.

Tuesday, January 24

it is a happy birfday

sitting down to write.

it’s cold.

i’m tired.

not ideal conditions.

my memory walks to the fridge and opens a beer.

a place writers have found inspiration since writing began.

but these are not those times.

so instead, i walk to the stove and boil water.

pour a cup of green tea.

and sit down again.

it was my birthday yesterday.

31 years old.

i’m comfortable with my age.

confident with my life.

but let’s be honest, not a sexy number.

it’s odd, unbalanced, sharing none of the glory

that it’s younger brother “21” wields.

no, not sexy at all.

my last few birthdays have been celebrated

by traveling someplace new, and (usually) someplace far.

however, as i’ve burned through all my vacation/sick days

for what may be the next five years, this year would be different.

chas and i continued my fledgling tradition

by taking a ferry from long beach harbor

to catalina island (all of one whole hour away).

officially, we stepped off the mainland and therefore

traveled “overseas” to what honestly feels like a faraway land.

golf carts are the dominant mode of transportation.

buffalo roam in force.

old people are everywhere.

(a great place for feeling young.)

biggest changes i’ve made now that i’m 31:

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