kaythecurler
birthdays
Posted on: 05/13/2011 15:28
Anyone want to talk about birthdays? Do you celebrate family or friends on the day of their birth? Do other people celebrate your special day maybe?
I greet my hubby with a kiss on his birthday morning and wish him a great year. Usually no gift anymore (he has too much stuff already!) I phone my adult children and usually send an ecard too. Grandkids get a 'real' card and a cheque in the mail (they LOVE getting mail, even more so when money is included). I have a couple of friends that I send a card to or phone each year. My mother always gave or sent a card each year. After she was gone my sister and I became more intentional about honouring each others birthdays until she too died.
Today I was chatting with someone I know fairly well who said "I don't have to cook supper tonight. Tonight is the night of my surprise birthday party and we are going to the restuarant for supper".
Hmmm - how do have a surprise birthday party if you know it is going to happen and exactly what it will include? Who organises things like surprise parties - family members? friends? people you work with?
Second hmmm - I have never had a surprise birthday party. I had a vaguely planned party the year I turned nine (two friends, cookies and juice in the back yard). Mostly my birthday goes whizzing by without any sort of acknowledgement - it is in the summer and people are busy with gardens and holidays etc. I miss getting special greetings on my birthday and I always have some sorrow as I recall the cards I used to get years ago.
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somegalfromcan
Posted on: 05/14/2011 16:18
Kay, I also have a summer birthday. As I child I hated it because so often my friends would be away and so my parties were always small. However, I got to spend a couple of my birthdays at camp, which was really fun! Once it was at a really big camp - nothing like having a couple of hundred sing happy birthday to you! The other time was at a smaller camp and one of things I remember most was all of the handmade cards. One of them was made by a really strict leader from Victoria. I didn't see her again after the camp until years later when I moved to Victoria and happened to start attending the church that she was a member of. We have since become friends - I even lived with her for a month when I needed a place to stay - and I was able to tell her how much that card she made meant and also how afraid of her I was - lol!
Now that I'm an adult, I love having a summer birthday. So much happens in the summer and it's fun to combine what's going on in the city with my birthday. We used to have a lantern festival in Victoria that took place on my birthday. One year my friend made me a lantern of my own that said "happy birthday" on it. I carried it proudly around the festival and had lots of strangers wish me well. Another favourite time was attending a show, where my friend approached the one of the band members and convinced them to sing to me!
Nowadays I always have some mixed feelings about my birthday. I used to share my birthday with an uncle. While we lived on separate continents and only met once, I felt a special connection with him. He used to send me a card every year and write out the lyrics to Happy Birthday - changing it to "happy birthday to us." He passed away 10 years ago and I miss that connection.
My friends and I usually go out to dinner on our birthdays and our tradition is that the one who is celebrating picks the restaurant and everyone else chips in and pays for the their meal.
The_Omnissiah
Posted on: 05/16/2011 19:27
I normally don't care about my own birthday, but it is a sad state of affairs that I need to guilt trip friends into hanging out with me because it's my birthday.
As-salaamu alaikum
-Omni
Beloved
Posted on: 05/16/2011 22:38
I'm seldom surprised on my birthday, but I've had a few surprises. When I was 16 my friends had a "sweet sixteen" for me. I was newly separated on my 26 birthday and my parents and my sister had a surprise birthday supper for me. I was a work and when I got home they were they . . . we had KFC . . . I was surprised! My dad also gave me a dozen roses.
When I turned 50 one of my girlfriends travelled to my home and whisked me off to the city for a girl's weekend of fun . . . I was surprised about that!
Usually on family birthdays we have a family supper - our family is dwindling and so are the guests at the table. When there were a lot of us we usually cooked, but now we go out to a restaurant for supper. Cards and singing Happy Birthday takes place . . . sometimes gifts, but not always.
Beloved
Posted on: 06/29/2011 10:47
Went out for a fabulous birthday supper for a family member last night. I had a terrific steak, baked potato, salad, and garlic toast. And of course, for birthday cake dessert, we share keylime cheesecake and chocolate cookies and cream cake!
Tiger Lily
Posted on: 06/29/2011 20:51
That sounds very nice Beloved. And a happy belated birthday to you!!
Beloved
Posted on: 06/30/2011 07:34
No - wasn't my birthday - was my sis'.
kaythecurler
Posted on: 06/30/2011 09:34
Sounds like you really enjoyed celebrating your sisters birth. The food sounds delicious.
Tiger Lily
Posted on: 06/30/2011 12:50
lol - Sorry Beloved. An assumption on my part! Glad you enjoyed the evening.
Dcn. Jae
Posted on: 06/30/2011 13:00
The next birthday coming up in my family is my beloved niece Bo Ra's. It's on July 4th. Only problem is she's halfway around the world in South Korea. She visited Canada last year for about 6 months and loved it. She became addicted to Iced Capps. I'd love to find a way to send her one. Is it possible to mail liquids?