well i used to write every year on
my myspace.com/joekraft about my birthdays and the turning of the ages.. but i forgot at 28 - although it was great and filled with powerful emotions i never got around to it.. and five months ago at 29 i didn't write anything either.. but i wont let that happen again.. so if it's not too late here it goes.. actually i'll just post what my girlfriend wrote me.. and maybe i'll write something later.. but the day was great.. Amy picked me up at about 6am and took me to my favorite surf spot so that i could body board - windansea.. then we went and had breakfast at hash house a go go in hillcrest.. then shopped at buffalo exchange for what, i don't know - .. afterwards went to my home, washed out the wetsuits and read the Word.. then went to ride our bikes to the bus (which i have never really taken - except to bboy summit but i was like 14 then..) to downtown to visit friends shops and hang out.. however i missed the bus by a traffic light because i had to turn back to fix my fixed gear saddle.. ugh.. we were a bit upset to see that there was already another bike on the next bus we we couldn't put both bikes on... we we rode away, got an avocado shake in the mecca... then attemted to go to this random chinese restaurant that i have always wanted to eat at.. they were closed.. but as for the "5 for 10" tshirt store which was open -- i bought amy this amazing levis type 1 jacket.. which i love and had but never wore.. but now i live vicariouslly as she wears hers.. oh she's so cute in it and yes she does double denim well.. which is hard to do... ok.. after that we rode to home depot so that i can buy her some paint to recolor her bike..she picked an electric blue and moca brownthen went home, and to another chinese mira mesa staple to eat.. mandarin gardens..which is located across from willy's workshop in my old home town mira mesa mall.
after dinner we went to my home, then she gave me this letter which was in a journal for my clothing sketches and inside the journal was eight random coupons to use later... from sushi dinners to swap meets to massages and movies... later that week we went to an australian restaurant called Bondi - in the Gaslamp and that was great as around 20 or so friends came by to eat dinner and say hello; including both my brother and sister.. yay..
anyhow, here was her God inspired letter to me: - hope she doesn't mind..
and with his strength/there was healing in time/cleansing my body/renewing my mind/and there was this point that I was awakened to you/someone I’d known/but never thought to pursue/and then was the moment where you entered my heart/it was quite subtle/at least from the start/after all that travel/down those multiple paths/God brought me to the one intended/the one that would last/he brought me to someone that would light my soul/that would encourage my passions/and force me to grow/that would love me despite the steps I had taken/and there were no pieces to pick up this time/this misshapen heart had healed just fine/and allowed it a chance to love not jaded/to love supernaturally/love that was fated/
And I want to Thank You for all that was given/without expectation/without reservation/that you can love me with wholeness/and voice/with beauty/and passion/all in a choice/and the blessing from God/a reminder from him/that I am worth the deletion of all of my sins/and this message is also spoken to you/that you are loved despite what you do/and God holds you close/protecting his treasure/this love that we have goes beyond measure/and do not be deceived/for challenges are a part of this imperfect state/mistakes and confusion are part of the race/and I need you to know how special you are/I need you to know so that we can go far/and I pray that your efforts will find you some fruit/I pray that you live not like others do/and that path you have chosen/I will walk too/it is where these steps have led me/directly to you.