I had a birthday last week.
Turning a year older can mean searching for wrinkles or gauging the weight of your skin for that papery thinness sagging into bags under your eyes. Fingers may prod for gray hairs. You lament upcoming reunions and wonder if there are enough candles in the box to chronicle your years.
Or you can choose to harness the energy that turns your personal hourglass back to the beginning at the same time each year. Use the day as your own celebration of reflection, goal setting, and growth. Embrace the years past as tools to make better decisions, brighter choices, loftier goals.
Eat cake and vow to make the upcoming year one of dreams fulfilled.
xo
Angela
Happy (belated) Birthday, Angela!!! Enjoy your cake, and eat it too.
Thank you! I have been celebrating my birthday for the whole month
I think I finally finished my last birthday cupcake tonight!
Love that idea. I never think of my birthday as a time of renewal – I just feel like that at New Year’s but birthdays make more sense.
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See, for me it helps to do both. Since I have an August birthday, it’s kind of the middle of the year and helps me stay on track!
For me birthdays had always been a time of self reflection, even as a kid. I usually have a cigar, walk on the beach, and things about the previous year or years.
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I know it’s not what you meant, but I’m now picturing a child-sized you, walking on the beach with a cigar
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