It’s my birthday month, and my birthday daughter’s birthday month. My mom has been gone for over nine years, and I still hate this month. I don’t like my birthday anymore. This grief calendar thing is so real. Every September, I feel it, sometimes more acutely than others. I felt bad a few days ago,ContinueContinue reading “Birthday Blahs”
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Happy 71st!
Today is my mother’s 71st birthday. My mother’s birthday meant a great deal to her. Given her birthday’s proximity to July 4, her birthday became intertwined with the holiday festivities. My mother told me that, as a child, she believed Independence Day celebrations, the cookouts, and fireworks, were all for her birthday. “Yes,” she onceContinueContinue reading “Happy 71st!”