Just Another Ordinary Day
05/30/08
Yes, it is true.
I have another birthday coming up.
Lots of folks have been asking how this day will be celebrated.
The answer is simple….it won’t.
It isn’t that I don’t think birthdays aren’t special–they are for some folks. Its just that I don’t treat my own birthday as different from any other day. I take the day off from work because, well meaning as they are, parties with cake and such make me vaguely uncomfortable. I don’t like being the center of attention that way.
Here’s the deal. Isn’t EVERY day special? After all, it isn’t like we are promised any given day. Each one is a gift because we might not have risen to see the dawn of that particular day at all. Under that theory, EVERY day should be celebrated.
I’m probably not the only person who doesn’t own a set of china just for ’special occasions’. I don’t have certain clothing put back for ‘big dates’, or certain perfumes that I only wear on rare occasions. Who is to say that those special occasions, big dates, or rare occasions will ever happen? If they don’t…then what happens to all of those things that were put back for just that moment? Why not use them now? Why not treat EVERY day as special?
So yes, I have a birthday coming up…and it is just another ordinary day.
Because, after all….aren’t ALL days special if we make them that way?
arkmomy
Still, you can’t blame people for wanting to make a big day out of it. You’re important to a lot of people and such, your birthday is important to them.
Honestly, making it through another year is sometimes a struggle. You should treat yourself with something nice.
Yesterday was my mothers birthday, and my dads birthday is the same as yours. Weird how they are all close like that. They are coupled together with mothers day and fathers day too. Sheesh!