Yesterday, at 4:28PM, my daughter turned The Big Three.
Ordinarily, this would be cause for some sort of celebration - one only turns three once, after all - but this birthday, this birthday was special.
Not just to me, but to each of you.
For without this tiny girl, curls like a halo, wisdom far greater than any three year old should have, there would be no Band Back Together. Without her, there would not have been that tiny spark of inspiration that came to me in the middle of the night - “I should create a group blog for each of us to share our stories of darkness and light.”
Without this tiny girl, The Princess of the Bells, I would simply be another humor blogger in an oversaturated sea of blogs.
Without her, you would not be sitting here, reading these words - a real band now - able to seek comfort in each other. Able to see that, for the first time (perhaps), you are not alone in the world. That we are all connected.
And that, that is a cause for celebration.
Happy birthday to you, my Princess of the Bells, the one who showed me the light, changed my life, and touched countless others.
That is a birthday worth celebrating.
And this little light of mine, may it always shine - on you, on me, on us all.
