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0911_monarch_460x276A couple year of years ago I was walking with some friends of mine. We were on this path that was shaded by huge and beautiful trees. The conversations were asinine and I was tuning out; I kept glancing at the way the sun pierced through the emerald and garnet leaves.  Just as we walked by a low hanging branch, a little brown pod caught my eye. It was swaying back and forth. We had slowed our walking pace and I was stunned to see something so small thrash so violently. A small pieces of orange color shot out of the pod. I immediately realized what it was, what was happening, and I tried to communicate. “Look,” I commanded my friends. They attempted to follow my finger and make sense of what I was now only shouting garbled words about, but they failed. I couldn’t form words and they couldn’t understand what astounding thing I was seeing. It was so amazing to see this beautiful butterfly struggle out of her cocoon and alight on the branch next to her. She waved her wings in and out, slowly, to dry them off. None of my friends ever saw the butterfly. They tried. They stood there looking for several minutes trying to figure out what I was “ooooohing” and “awwwwing” about. It was a beautiful moment, between me and that butterfly. The ironic thing was that the butterfly seemed just oblivious as oblivious of us. It seemed to not notice me or how beautiful it was.

Today is Sadie’s birthday. As I looked back at our friendship I am reminded of that day on the walking trail. She is, very much, the butterfly I saw that day. She has overcome great adversity to birth, in herself, something so beautiful and complex that it renders me to only shout garbled words (in an attempt to get the world to notice). Everyone should know or love a Sadie, just as everyone, at least once in their life, should see the miracle of a butterfly being birthed into the world.

 

Happy Birthday Sadie!!

 

 

 

 

♥ Jasmine

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  1. Avatar September 5th, 2009 at 11:17 am Sadie Says:

    Thank you Jasmine!
  2. Avatar September 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pm Isadora Says:

    Happy Birthday!! Thats a beautiful comparison!
  3. Avatar September 7th, 2009 at 6:54 am Kendra Says:

    Happy birthday! Everyone should be so lucky to have someone like that in their lives, who is as special and constantly surprising as a newly emerged butterfly. And everyone should be lucky enough to have someone in their lives who sees that in them. Congratulations on the birthday and on the friendship!
  4. Avatar September 8th, 2009 at 5:55 am Meredith Says:

    And Happy Belated Birthday to you, too! My goodness, you two have back-to-back birthdays? It was definitely fate that you two became such good friends.

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Jasmine Brown and Sadie Perkins have been friends for several years. They are both graduates of John Brown University. They both were born in September, love chocolate, coffee, swearing, and loving on their babies. While they share many commanilites- they are from two different worlds. Sadie, a New Mexico native, grew up in a blended family, while Jasmine, an Oklahoman, grew up with a single parent. Jasmine and Sadie are passionate about being mothers, in different way.  Sadie is the mother of The Norah. Norah is a bright one year old who can clear the room with her vocal stylings.  Sadie swears she can only get pregnant with girls- lest she have to deal with a booger eating boy! Isaiah is Jasmine’s son. He is two years old. He is nicknamed “Toad” because he tends to be well…. toady. Jasmine thinks she is only cut out to mother boys… because, well, she is a Tom Boy herself.

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