Happy Birthday to me
Well, I recently celebrated another birthday. It was a really nice mellow birthday. Very pleasant and relaxing indeed. I spent it doing what I wanted to do. I did something for somebody else, for my children and I did not forget to do something for me.
This year we started a new tradition with birthdays. When it is one of our birthdays we now celebrate the whole day. The celebrant gets to choose what they want to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They plan the activities they wish to do.
When it was Jenny's birthday we had what she wanted for breakfast, lunch, dinner and after dinner dessert. There were presents. She wanted to go shopping so we went. She got what she wanted to buy. We watched what she wanted to watch. Later in the evening after dinner I tried my hand at making strawberry daiquiries using my own original recipe. I prepared for it by reseaching recipes in as many sources as I could get my hands on. After seeing the basic ingredients, proportions and so on I created my own. We had a lot of fun, her and I. You see, it was a very special birthday for her, it was 21st birthday this year.
When it was Nathaniel's turn we did the same thing. He chose doughnuts for breakfast, something for lunch and my homemade macaroni and cheese with hot dog coins for dinner. He got to do everything he wanted to do for as long as he wanted. He got to stay up as late as he wanted to as well. Jenny and I planned for him and bought him many presents. We wrapped them up and put them all on his bed. They were there at the foot of his bed when he woke up. We got quite a few gifts for him, so many that it was almost like having Christmas in August. He thoroughly enjoyed his B-day.
This year on my birthday I decided that I did not want a traditional cake. I decided I wanted a different and sort of fun food for my birthday. Like Nathaniel, I went with the doughnut breakfast and for lunch we were going to have burritos. Dinner was fish sticks, tater tots, and Jenny's Sunny Strawberry Smoothies. What we had for after dinner was pie. I got an apple pie and a pecan pie, pecan being my favorite next to my mine or my mom's apple pie.
When I woke up I found a little tiny pile of presents at the foot of my bed, placed there by Jenny. The kids had gotten together and got me a new movie, some chocolate and new slippers. I helped a friend on my friend by playing taxi driver. It was nice. I totally felt at peace all day. Nathaniel went with me and as we ended up having to stay in town for longer than planned we all decided to go to a newly discovered diner and had lunch. Later on we watched movies and went to bed.
There was grace in my day. Is that even a word anyone even uses anymore? If not, that's sad. Maybe it is just one more of those things missing from our world and culture today. Something to think about.
It was a good day, anyway.
This year we started a new tradition with birthdays. When it is one of our birthdays we now celebrate the whole day. The celebrant gets to choose what they want to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They plan the activities they wish to do.
When it was Jenny's birthday we had what she wanted for breakfast, lunch, dinner and after dinner dessert. There were presents. She wanted to go shopping so we went. She got what she wanted to buy. We watched what she wanted to watch. Later in the evening after dinner I tried my hand at making strawberry daiquiries using my own original recipe. I prepared for it by reseaching recipes in as many sources as I could get my hands on. After seeing the basic ingredients, proportions and so on I created my own. We had a lot of fun, her and I. You see, it was a very special birthday for her, it was 21st birthday this year.
When it was Nathaniel's turn we did the same thing. He chose doughnuts for breakfast, something for lunch and my homemade macaroni and cheese with hot dog coins for dinner. He got to do everything he wanted to do for as long as he wanted. He got to stay up as late as he wanted to as well. Jenny and I planned for him and bought him many presents. We wrapped them up and put them all on his bed. They were there at the foot of his bed when he woke up. We got quite a few gifts for him, so many that it was almost like having Christmas in August. He thoroughly enjoyed his B-day.
This year on my birthday I decided that I did not want a traditional cake. I decided I wanted a different and sort of fun food for my birthday. Like Nathaniel, I went with the doughnut breakfast and for lunch we were going to have burritos. Dinner was fish sticks, tater tots, and Jenny's Sunny Strawberry Smoothies. What we had for after dinner was pie. I got an apple pie and a pecan pie, pecan being my favorite next to my mine or my mom's apple pie.
When I woke up I found a little tiny pile of presents at the foot of my bed, placed there by Jenny. The kids had gotten together and got me a new movie, some chocolate and new slippers. I helped a friend on my friend by playing taxi driver. It was nice. I totally felt at peace all day. Nathaniel went with me and as we ended up having to stay in town for longer than planned we all decided to go to a newly discovered diner and had lunch. Later on we watched movies and went to bed.
There was grace in my day. Is that even a word anyone even uses anymore? If not, that's sad. Maybe it is just one more of those things missing from our world and culture today. Something to think about.
It was a good day, anyway.
posted by Lady Alys | 7:59 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home