Happy Birthday

Today (August 28), a very dear and special friend is having a birthday; since her fitness quest (and transformation in other areas) was a lot of the inspiration for this blog, I thought it was appropriate to post a little tribute.

I was inspired by the lyrics to the song "For Good", from the musical "Wicked". In the play, this song has a completely different context (it's actually a conversation between two sisters), but listening to the song again, I felt some of the verses spoke directly to the core of our very unique and cherished friendship:

"I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return......

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

.....You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
You have re-written mine
By being my friend.

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better.

And because I knew you.....

Because I knew you

Because I knew you,
I have been changed for good."

Happy birthday, Tina.