April is Birthday Month
April is a
month of birthdays in our family. There
are fourteen in all: sisters, sons, grand-daughters, grandsons, nephews and dear
friends, including a first husband.
We don’t celebrate
with parties, gifts, cards and cake like we once would have done, before our
family expanded. The number of family and friends expanded as we grew older, retired and began to manage on a
smaller income. The thoughts, good
wishes and love are still there, though the money for gifts and parties is
not. Neither is the energy.
Fourteen
birthdays in a thirty-day month would mean that nearly every day a party would
be organized, held or recovered from in April.
Impossible indeed.
To all our
dear friends and beloved family, you who celebrate April birthdays, from birthday
number 1 to birthday number seventy-one and everywhere in between, we wish you
happiness and love, opportunities for joy and for everything you need in the
coming year.
To quote one friend, “May you celebrate well and be well-celebrated.”
Happy April
Birthday 2013 to each of you.
Note: This photo is not mine. It is used with permission under the Creative Commons license and the original owner is D. Sharon Pruitt. Thanks to Sharon for its use.
