Birthday

A birthday: - and now a day that rose

With much of hope, with meaning rife -

A thoughtful day from dawn to close:

The middle day of human life.

~Jean Ingelow

Yesterday was my 31st birthday!! I know I'm an "old lady" right? Where the heck did the 20's go anyway? I wanted to write to say that everyone should celebrate their birthday. It's your day!!!! I know some people just say "It's just another day." It's not; that's the day that brought you life and without that day, there would be no you! Remember when you were a kid and you couldn't wait till your birthday, it was right up there with Christmas? My children help me remember that feeling. They can't wait till their birthdays. The months leading up to the days are full of anticiapation and the day after their birthday party, they are already planning NEXT years!!! Most of us adults seem to lose that somewhere after 21. Nothing else to look forward to after that besides getting old, right? Why is that?

On your next birthday CELEBRATE YOUR DAY!!!! Be a kid again and LOVE your birthday!!! You don't have to have a party (or go for it, through a Big Huge one for yourself), do something you like to do, buy yourself something that you normally wouldn't, do anything that makes you feel good. You only have one birthday a year and the next one is not guaranteed.