birthday girl

Yesterday was my 27th birthday.

This photo is from my 3rd birthday party. In the background, my grandfather (now deceased) on the left, and on the right, my grandmother, whom I saw this weekend (unfortunately, only a corner of her face is visible in this picture).

I'm still processing my birthday, and the new year, like I do every year. The whole passage-of-time-thing hits kind of hard some years. Words don't seem to be flowing very eloquently. Right now, I feel like I can relate to this picture better than any more current ones.