Twenty-nine.

Owlish Birthday

Seven months and a week after my 29th birthday, I turned 29. It happened yesterday. A Sunday. I was sitting at the dining table with a bag full of chocolate, a great book on love and heartbreak and poets and writers, stacks of hand-written drafts, and a cup of hot tea. I could see the raindrops from where I sat and sniffed the comforting smell of wet soil that was wafting in the air. And suddenly, it felt like whatever I had experienced in life started to make sense.

Maybe we don’t have to understand everything (that can be really frustrating at times). All we need to do is to believe that time is indeed a good friend. Time will tell us what each missing pieces in our lives means—when we are ready to learn another lesson, when we are ready to move on, when we are ready to know the truth (because you can’t change the truth, but the truth can change you, so they say).

And just like that, I turned 29.
And I am still here: counting my blessings; and feeling solemnly content.

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20 Comments on “Twenty-nine.”

  1. ladeva says:

    Happy bday Han! God bless you! :)

  2. Eva says:

    Gorgeous picture. Welcome to 29.

  3. adinparadise says:

    Happy Birthday to you, and thanks for your visit to my blog. Twenty-nine seems like a very long time ago to me. :)

  4. ahkath says:

    Happy Birthday hey.
    Many happy returns of the day.

    Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone.

  5. p49it says:

    Happy birthday, Hanny. Have a wonderful life ahead.

  6. YunitaGena says:

    Happy belated birthday. May God blessing always be with you, all the way ^_^

  7. Happy belated birthday mbak hanny…
    maaf telat ngucapinnya ^_^
    wish you have a wonderfull life a head and your dreams come true
    (termasuk ditunggu novelnya ^_^)

  8. ansella says:

    happy belated birthday Hanny ^^


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