31/08/2026
26 laps around the sun.
Feliz aniversário para mim / happy birthday to me.
Every notch of another year won, is a gift most precious. It is another year that I hope that I embody my grandmother’s saying, “be grateful for everyday.”
These veins of mine, house plenty of mettle. Every year, my birthday is a reflection on the courage of living—and no longer just begging for the residual. I have chosen to become, to not stagnate.
It is an odd thing to be born on the first day of the Australian spring. It feels right, as throughout my 26 years of life, it has been persistent carving of ice to seed flowers in the soil below—to bloom to life. It’s my creativity, from writing to visuals around photography.
I almost didn’t make it here, several times over. While I celebrate today, epecially, I do so every day with the deepest fondness that I’ve chosen myself and made little Katie proud.
She’d be so joyous that I pursue something like this, while not believing that big Katie would be so brave to step foot in a gym only a few years ago, and to walk the path that has now embraced embers of zest.
Here’s to many more. 🥂
Thank you for all those who have followed along, to see me flower. This is merely the beginning, but not the end.
Sou amada porque encontrei a coragem de ser eu mesma e de ser o sol. Tenho uma gratidão infinita por cada lição e cada desafio, por terem me permitido crescer e me tornar quem sou.
