4 generations: Great Grandpa, Grandpa, me, Dad
This is my last day at age 43. Everyone else I know has birthdays, so I don't know why me moving to a higher number seems so shocking but nevertheless, ZAP! When I was a kid, I frequently pictured myself at 35, the age I'd be in the year 2000, the end of all imagined time. A future-world calendar that continued into 2001 and beyond was pure science fiction.
On the present-world calendar, my dad's birthday is the day after mine. I have always loved having our birthdays so close together, and I think that we were the best gifts for one another. Then there's the added bonus of celebrating the passage of 365 more days with someone who has several more candles on his cake.
I love having people around who are older: my husband, certain friends, my parents, in-laws, aunts and uncles and my grandma: all older than I. They remind me that the possibility of future is real, not just sci fi. And I need that kind of hope: the list of things I want to learn and do is terrifically long.
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Happy Birthday!!!! Love the blog. Your post about your wedding video was so bittersweet. It Made me cry.
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Chrissy
Happy Birthday Beck!!
ReplyDeleteSo little did I understand of how that small package in my arms would become the wonderful daughter,mother, mentor, woman of integrity that you are today.I love you.
Dad
Happy birthday! What a lovely post. I used to celebrate my birthdays with my grandfather - his birthday was four days after mine. It always made things more special and I feel so lucky to have those wonderful memories. Hope you have many more years to enjoy them together.
ReplyDeleteI am one of your "certain" friends that is older then you but you my "younger" friend are the one that gives me endless hope. You are a wonderful role-model!! Happy Birtday!! Love you, Mary
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