Birthday Happiness
So, today is my birthday. I really used to love my birthday. I spent a lot of them as a child and youth at the beach in North Carolina or at church summer camp and it was always exciting. One of my favorite memories was the year they decorated my top bunk and we had a bat in the cabin and I was just sure I was going to wake up one morning with a bat tangled in the streamers right over my head. My mother always made my favorite dinner which was either roast beef with mashed potatoes or stir fry. Since it was right before school started I usually got lot of school clothes for birthday gifts. Other memorable gifts include when I was a missionary in Kiev, Ukraine and my companion got me a new pillow for my bed to replace the huge and uncomfortable one I was using and then there was the year my husband took me to see Mary Poppins at the Kennedy Center. I love surprises and the anticipation of what was in store for me on my birthday always gave me a giddy...