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This was written before the passing of my mother. I’ll get to that soon. Just a bit shell-shocked. But it’s still Corinne’s birthday, and that needs celebrating too.

Well, today is the day my dearest Corinne turns from being a teenager to a young woman. She turns twenty.

How I wish I was there to wish her the best in person. I had plans to fly over unannounced and only tell her mother I was coming, wait till she said something like “I WISH CRAIG WAS HERE!!!” and then pull her around and surprise her. That plan, unfortunately, was hard to act upon due to lack of funds. That definitely sucks.

I got pissed off from one little opportunity I had. My father was ranting on about dell offering a free trip to the US. So I checked it out only to find out that it had just expired. So close! I could have got a £500 flight for the price of a £500 laptop. Drats!

So life has seem to have conspired to close us off this summer. Living in a long distance relationship is hard enough but seeing plans to meet collapse sucks–especially when the date to meet was so important to each of us.

While I wish her the best of birthdays, and that the presents that I got for her brings a smile to her face. It’s the best I could do, but I’m sure she’ll love them.

But just think–twenty. She’s survived the trails of the past 7,300+ days. She’s managed to get through them almost unscathed from the trails of time, although it’s not been easy. She’s survived through television shows of the 90s that freak me out to this day. She’s lived long enough to see the world change, and new lives made. She’s lived through worried sickness and even worrier times, only to become stronger from it. It’s made her the loving, compassionate and fun-loving woman that still surprises me to this day–and that’s why I love her.

Happy birthday Corinne. Let it be a good one.