Amy Lu's View

It’s my birthday, so I’ve made it to another year!! Yay!

Yes, this is me putting a bit of a forced positive spin on my birthday and growing older. But even though it’s cheesy, birthdays are worth celebrating because another year is another gift. And in a way, making it to another year is a bit of an accomplishment, too…which is how I’m going to awkwardly and inelegantly tie my birthday to Finisher’s Medal Day.

No, I’m not saying that with this birthday I’m finished, but that there are a lot of victories and triumphs to celebrate in life that we don’t get medals for. I’m really proud of my marathon finisher medals and the hard work it took to earn them, and thankful for all the good fortune in my life that made it possible for me to complete marathons. And I’m really grateful for (and also sometimes proud of) the things that have gotten me this birthday. I don’t want medals for these small victories–we’re already out of space for the actual running medals we have. 

Is this attempt at connecting Finisher’s Medal Day with my birthday a bit tortured? Indeed! But I’m just relieved to have finished this blog post (and before midnight so it’s still my birthday!)