This day, today, is an exact number of years after my beloved came into this world. She arrived, as children tend to, a little naïve as to the world around her, but with the drive to make a go of it. Elementary school, middle school, high school, college; Texas, Colorado, Montana; infant, child, young adult, adult. Like all lives, hers’ has its delimiters, rites of passage, hardships and happiness, like all lives hers had boundaries and freedoms, limits and liberties, one could say that all these years have been just like any other’s, going through those same stages, those same thoughts; and yet the end result is unique, radically different from any other person who has before inherited the earth.
Often times when trying to assess a person, one looks at key areas, how strong, how contemplative, shy, boring, intelligent, pretty, old, charismatic; how do they compare? Often times when complimenting someone we list off those areas we feel they are well accomplished in, or ones we pretend that they are: you’re a good athlete, good mathematician, singer, friend, boss, leader. This is a method not completely without merit; certainly I can tell you Annie is a wonderful thinker, a kind and loving friend, a tremendous artist, I can tell you she’s beautiful, engaging and posses a strong will; but that is not who she is, she is much more than a series of qualities and abilities.
Perhaps it is a limit of language, we know only adjectives, only lists of characteristics; perhaps there’s no real way of truly describing a person. I know Annie, I know her well, I know her deeply; a list of all of her positive aspects may be assembled to describe her, and certainly I do try to read her some of the highlights from that list; yet she isn’t a list to me. She’s strong, but that’s not what she is to me, she’s intelligent, but that’s not what she is to me. To me, Annie is the girl I Love, she’s the one, my one and my only, the one I turn to, the one who I want to turn to me. Hatrack, meet my Annie.
Welcome, Annie darling, to this new trip around the sun, may it be beautiful, may you prosper, may it bring you happiness, as you have always brought to me.
Hobbes Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Well, my goodness! Happy Birthday, Annie!
(And P.S. - Hobbes - that is one of the sweetest birthday commemorations I believe I have ever read!)
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Happy birthday. Hobbes, that was very well written.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, happy birthday, Annie!
No one started a thread for my birthday.
Not even my husband, who is registered now, and had the computer for more than an hour while I was gone with Katie!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Happy birthday, Annie.
And Anne, I started to. Twice! But my brain is fried today. Sowwy. Happy belated!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*sniff* I'm not irritated at you, rivka. But my own husband!
I did, however, see one Hatracker (other than Jeff and Emma) in person, and get e-mails from two others. So I guess that's okay. Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Happy birthday, Annie! Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Happy Birthday to two good friends, Annie and Anne! You have both given me good memories, Annie via IMing and email, and Anne by actually sending me memory chips. And Wenchcon. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Many Happy Returns.
(KQ - I had it even worse. I had to start my *own* thread. Unloved and willing to broadcast it!)
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Happy birthday, Annie! Happy birthday, Anne! Happy birthday, Imogen! We love you all!
Hobbes, very well written indeed. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hatrack
I love you all. Except for you. Yes, you know who you are. Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Happy Birthday, Annie! Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Comme il se doit, je te souhaite un heureux anniversaire pour tes 20 ans. (On m'a toujours dit qu'une femme avait toujours 20 ans...)
Happy birthday !!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Happy Birthday!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Happy Birthday!!!
I have to second what Shan said. Hobbes, this is the sweetest birthday thread ever. Annie is so lucky to have you!
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Happy birthday, Annie! Ah, but for a day we'd have been birthmates...
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
Happy B-Day!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Merry B-Day!
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Happy birthday, Annie and Anne !
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Happy bday
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Yom huledet sameach, Annie!! Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
Happy birthday Annie! :: hugs ::
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Happy Birthday!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Sigh. And I had just decided to cut back on my sweets.
Thank you everyone! What a lovely surprise. And Hobbes, dear, you've got it coming to you, and "it" ain't a bad thing.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Annie, this is a family forum! Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:Annie, this is a family forum!
How is a big plate of brownies not appropriate for a family forum?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Happy birthday!
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Happy brithday!!!
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
Bonne fête à toi Bonne fête à toi Bonne fête chère Annie Bonne fête à toi!
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Happy Birthday Annie!! <Sorry it's late..
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Happy Birthday!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
It's not late!
Day ain't over yet!
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Happy Birthday, Annie!
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Eid Milad Jamil!
That's possibly bad Arabic for festival of birth beautiful. I can't remember the word for happy. We never used it in Arabic class.
And I don't tell people my birthday because I don't want to be disappointed if no one notices, (((kq))) But I can't complaing because I forgot our wedding anniversary once.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
Many happy birthday wishes to you! Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote:Joyeux anniversaire Joyeux anniversaire J'espere que cette chanson va te plaire Joyeux anniversaire!
Couldn't think of something better.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
As long as we're well-wishing in different languages...
お誕生日おめでとうございます、アニ！
Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu, Annie!!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
!יום הולדת שמח
I already said that once in Latin characters, but hey, people (namely Ryuko) were getting creative...
I hope you had a fantastic time!
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Happy B'day, Annie. *confetti*
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Happy birthday Annie! May all your dreams come true. But you and Hobbes already have each other, so I think you've exceeded your quota of luck and happiness in this world. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote:お誕生日おめでとうございます、アニ
It would've been SO much easier if you Japanese writwes stuck to the Kana. I know that "お" is "O", "め" if I'm not wrong is "MU" and "い" is "MA". I didn't study Japanese since 5th grade.
`id Millad Sa`id (Arabic, and I can't remember if this is correct - I will spell it in Arabic if I EVER get back into Windows).
Vesele Narozeninyi. Tsiu Li-Quai Loh Ti-Tantsien. (Sp? Gr? Lan? Voc? Trnsl?)
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I only know a few of those kanji, I just know they're right. And for the record "お" is "O", but "め" is "ME" and "い" is "i". I always forget ME, too, though. I wrote the romanji right underneath the kanji, though. Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
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Happy birthday. Hobbes, that was very well written.
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Happy bday
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