Today is my birthday!
On the 23rd of each month, I share a couple of
random thoughts about myself. Here’s the
birthday edition…
Although I wrote yesterday about the ills of consumer
culture as relates to our children, I had quite the affinity for a few
characters in my day.
When I was growing up, I loved the Smurfs, Strawberry
Shortcake, and Garfield. One of my most
prized possessions was a Strawberry Shortcake sleeping bag, and I loved my
stuffed Garfield and Odie. I vividly
remember having birthday cakes with those characters on them…but it always
cracked me up…I usually shared a family celebration with my Uncle Tommy, whose
birthday is February 19th. I
know he didn’t mind, but I thought it was all kinds of funny that he would have
his name on a Smurf cake.
Birthday candles kinda gross me out.
And that traces back to my childhood, too. I remember having been sick as a kid, not
long before my birthday. We were getting
together for our family birthday celebration, and I asked my mom, “Are you sure
you want me to blow out candles on a cake that everyone is going to eat?” Good point, huh? I love the idea of candles…making a wish…past,
present, and future…but I prefer to stick them in a single-serve cupcake.
Happy birthday to me!
It’s been a FANTASTIC couple of days so far…filled with some incredibly thoughtful
friends. And the girlies (and Hubby) are already spoiling me this morning. L-O-V-E!!!
5 comments:
Happy Birthday! Hope you've had a great day & been spoilt by your loved ones.
Hope you had a fabulous birthday, dearest Mandy :)
Hope you had a great Birthday! Mine was the 14th! Yeah for Feb Birthdays!
Happy happy Bday! I hope you have a very blessed year
:) happy happy bday! :) love these posts!
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