October 21st – My 73rd Birthday

So I complete 73 laps around the sun. Seventy-three chapters of a story well lived—with setbacks, yes, but also with reunions, discoveries, and poetry. I've walked winding roads, lost myself many times, found myself just as many. I've learned that living is accepting mystery, embracing what you don't understand, moving forward even when the map fails. I thank God for every step, every person who crossed my path, every word I wrote, and every silence I respected. Life wasn't easy, but it was mine. And that's enough for me to celebrate it with gratitude. May the next verses, the next days, the next smiles come. With faith, with art, with love.