Addison Timlin

Addison Timlin Instagram – Happy birthday to the oldest man who has ever lived. I am certain your soul is as surprised to find you in a young and strong body everyday as I am. Lucky for me and the world, you’re here for another go around. I have these very clear images of you constantly floating in my brain, things I’m sure will flash before my eyes in the end but they never go away. Almost as if my brain is saying “I know we left them there but it’ll still be a surprise when you see the way we put them together at the end.” Something about remembering and forgetting and how those two can become the same thing if you don’t look closely enough, or if you don’t stop to listen. When you are about to cry, your lip shakes and I automatically/involuntarily start to cry too. It reminds me of being a child, when I saw my mother cry, when my antennae’s were pulled to frequencies no one else was feeling. I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to stop that sort of bleeding, only to find it wasn’t blood at all: it was just love. A hard wire to feel and see the world for what it was, to know pain and joy and feel it as my own. To feel life pass through me like a tidal wave. I never met anyone like me until I met you. How gentle and precious to be understood. How earth shattering and life affirming to stand next to someone and know they are feeling the same thing. I really love it when you are loud and moving. When you are dancing and silly. When you see things I can’t. But I especially love when you are still. When I see you and think “like a duck in the water.” I love to know who you are and to be close to it. Thank you for letting me big and small and messy and anxious, and loving and true. It has saved my life. Thank you for showing me things I don’t want to live without- like Jersey mikes, The Cheesecake Factory, and luka doncic and for showing me things I can’t- like being read to, being held and being seen. You are other worldly and so important, leaving an indelible mark on everything you touch. Steering your antennas towards grace and healing and the secret things we all have always known. You are my ghost. I love you. | Posted on 12/Feb/2025 05:27:02