Tonight while I was decorating the house for Christmas, my
thoughts have gone to everything I have to be thankful about.
My life is a miracle, because all life is miraculous, and because
I not only live it first hand, but also through my two amazing children. And
giving them the habit of realizing life is one great gift is one of my goals.
So, there is a long list of people I need to be thankful about,
and for.
Thank you mum and dad, thank you for giving me the courage to always
be who I need to be, for loving myself, for being opened, direct, sometimes
rough, thank you for being a constant presence in my life, even from thousands
of miles away, thank you for keeping me onest with myself and down to earth.
Thank you Ira, my greatest friend, my truest friend, the godmother
of my children. I don’t get emotional often, and I never tell you what you mean
to me. I know you know, because ours is the kind of relationship that stands
the test of everything, not only time. I miss you. It’s painful sometimes. But
it’s one of those raw emotions that make us appreciate what we have even more.
Thank you Diana, my oldest friend, for being in my life even from
oceans away, and for choosing to live your life the only way it is supposed to
be lived. The way you want it. You have an amazing family, and the thought of
someday meeting that amazing son of yours warms my heart. I wish for at least
one more of those nights without end, of talking, and talking like it’s the end
of the world with you.
Thank you Tony, my rock, for never questioning my choices, for
loving me unconditionally, as I love you too, for being my family even when you
knew I was wrong, and for supporting any and every decision in my life. I love
you the way dad loves us.
Thank you Bogdan and Ralu, for being an example to me. You don’t
probably know it, but you are my example of success when it comes to marriages.
You, and that little monkey mean the world to me.
Thank you Amalia and Andrei, for everything that you are. I do
believe we will celebrate Christmas together 20 years from now as we have been
doing for the last few. You are the best example of people I choose over and
over again, and choose me back with a stubbornness
that is not comprehensible to the outside world. You have been there in one of
the darkest times of my life, and I need to thank you for that. It was an
anchor, even if it didn’t seem like it at the time. See you in two weeks.
Thank you Alex for coming back to me. Ours has not been an easy
journey, and the mountains we have climbed are steep and dangerous. We have
found a way though, and I am confident we will always find one.
Thank you Corina for not ever judging. I believe you are the only
one. And I love you for it. Well, not only for it, but mostly J)))))))))
Thank you departed ones, Traian, Ana, Daniel, you are all in my
mind and my soul. And it is said that the only way you can keep on living is
through the other’s memories of you. I love you all. My life was touched by all
of you, and I am grateful to have known you and to have been part of your
life.
But most of all, and more than anything THANK YOU Saşa and Karina,
for existing, for teaching me love, care, fear, humility, joy happiness with
every breath that you take. It’s a cliché, but you are my whole world. I love
you as I have never loved before, and will probably never love again. Fiercely,
wildly and never-ending. You are my first and foremost reason for living.
All of you, are the universe that makes my life special, that
makes me whole, and that makes this puzzle the greatest puzzle in the world.
With gratitude,
A.
