July is My Birthday Month

I have mixed feelings about July. This is my birthday month, a time of year that to me is weighted with possibilities, new beginnings, and melancholy reflections of past regrets and challenges met. For many January 1st is the day of the new year but for me July 23rd has and will always be the beginning of the new year for me. And with a new year comes new resolutions. I am not going to share my resolutions on this blog because I do not see this as a private space (even though not a lot of people read this blog.)
I will say this, to my friends and family who know me, I refuse to SLIDE this year into that funk that permeates from me and brings everyone else down and if you do find me SLIDing, then I give permission, to those who know, to call me on it. As the final days of my 27th year end I know that I can at least look back on the time spent knowing that I was at least true and honest in who I was and what I did (no matter how psychotic or delusional I got.)- love Chris (ever the fan of parentheses and dashes.)