"Gwiazda" which means "Star" in Polish.  I was pointing to a big blue 8-pointed star as we drove by it in our car on the way to downtown Chicago.   Interestingly enough, i didn't remember this until 21 years later, after I got a tattoo of the Rider-Waite Star card on my arm.  And then I remembered that.  And then I learned that it actually corresponded to my birthday and the Aquarius sign, and all of these other direct connections to me.  The card means so many things to me, but ultimately, of hope coming from unexpected places, of divine connection, of bringing my energies to myself as well as to the earth, being vulnerable and renewed and following the light.  Hmmm...

Um, today.  But I think I'm starting to see that this concept of me having some sort of "character" (aside from the concept of "character" as in standing up for what you believe in and living your life according to your highest self, etc.) is kinda silly.  I'm not who I thought I would be when I was 12, and thank goodness.  I am much more, and more for the choices I made from the heart that stretched my boundaries then from the times I did exactly what I expected I would do. 

Considering that I tend toward my brain being very strict and harsh on myself, and am learning to really relax and flow (and proud of my progress, if I say so myself :D), thank the universe that I DO behave out of character more.  I've stopped imagining there's a box around me I should fit in, including the Good Person box and the Good Daughter box and the Happy Friend box and the Workaholic box and Staunch MeatEater Box.  I think instead I'm sitting in an open field with a big blue sky above me and just listening to myself first instead of the ocean of people and feelings and conditions beyond me.  So yay.