Bethann Hardison Instagram – Well here I am getting back into writing and starting with you. Today is my official birthday the 29th of September. I don’t truly identify with that date, for me personally it’s September 30th. Some of you might remember my explanation about my mother who told me it was the 30th for the first 12 yrs of my life.
Went to live with my father and contradicted her and proved with certificate of birth that it was in deed the 29th. UGH ! I told him at 12 yrs old, that I would only celebrate the 30th, he said “your choice”.
Here in lies the indigenous native name given me by my literary editor “two times” due to having two birth dates to celebrate. It sounded so native that I embraced it. But I still identify with September 30th.
If you ask me my date of birth, it’s always the 30th
Until it’s a legal question, then I must comply.
Then I discovered the above..and I identified immediately with being born on the 29th day.
And all said is accurately describing me.
Except, I am not so good on “spotting lies a mile away”…my compassionate side is far too influential.
I would always believe anything that came out of someone’s mouth. And when I was question about what was said, I would say “why would they lie ?”.
That was my youth at play, always believing in others, no matter. And I was still born on the 29th.
But now older, I believe in the characteristic of lying.
I see it blatantly happening, I know and watch people do it, casually. I lied to my father and my husband.
Once or twice each. Both are gone. No one or nothing would get me to lie now or before. I have no fear and nothing to lose by telling it like it it is or was.
I must confess I was impressed with the characteristics of those born on those days. I identified.
Though many people recognize my birthday due to the internet, right or wrong, it feels the need to give information about you to the world, and the day you were born is a detail offered.
So today and today only I embrace the 29th, being that girl/woman who “questions who I truly am”, “has no patience for bullshit” and “see both sides of the story” and all else said.
Happy Birth date to me…and tomorrow on the 30th,
I will have my moment.
💜 | Posted on 29/Sep/2024 22:01:07
