Another Year Another Reminder

-To my Friends and Family

“So does it feel any different to be 23?” A typical question one gets asked on their birthday. At 16… it sure did. At 18… time to vote!… And den of course at 21, it def did… that is if you were sober enough to remember how you felt (JK, I’ve never gotten drunk). However, honestly at 23, it doesn’t feel different at all. In many ways it was more of a day like any other. No big parties. No huge excitements. No rites of passages. Just another day. But still another reminder…

Another reminder of the blessing of all my friends and family that God has given me. Of all their love and support through the years. And a reminder of the mark that they constantly tell me I left on their lives. A reminder of who God has made me to be, my calling, and the many ways he has used me through the years. A reminder of my mom’s love who’s cried on the phone on every birthday since I’ve come to college. A reminder of all the good times, and the times God has been faithful. A reminder that every work, action, hard labor, kind deed, gift, minute spent, tear shed, desire sacrificed, sleep lost, ear given, word spoken, email typed, meeting, hug, hour has been absolutely worth it.

Truly, the world could look at my life… at the fact I live but a few notches above the poverty line and wonder what the heck I’m doing with my life. However, I look at all of you who have loved and blessed me through the years and the legacy left through you, and I feel like the richest man in the world. Thank you. Thank You. THANK YOU!

PS. Here is one of the corniest, cheesiest, cutest, thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received. I wanted to share with all you!

Bday Video