You Say It's Your Birthday

It's my birthday too!

Yup, it's true. Today I am 55 years old. The numbers tell me it will be a great year! My kids make fun of me because I hate math, yet I love numbers. Well, truthfully, I love odd numbers. And if it's a prime number too, even better. 55 is two prime, odd numbers put together. And divisible by 5. The 25th is an odd number, and divisible by 5 (I love that). And, two plus five equals seven (odd, prime) and five minus two equals three (odd, prime). So you see, all the numbers align just right in my world. I love my birthday.

When I was young my mom made a big deal of our birthdays. No parties really, but I was pretty much queen for the day. The only downside was my mom was not a morning person (understatement) so we didn't open gifts until my dad was home from work. Torture for children! All day people would ask what I got for my birthday, and I had to say I didn't know yet. Luckily that didn't ruin birthdays for me at all.

In college my roommate Shawn would put on the Beatles' You Say It's Your Birthday and crank up the volume full blast to wake us up on our birthday. That song always puts a smile on my face.

Some wonderful people in my world were born on my birthday:

• My cousin Nancy was born exactly one year earlier than I was. I always loved sharing my birthday with her.
• My best friend had her son Todd on my 36th birthday. Every year Todd and I count down the days till our birthday during the month of January.
• My fourth grandchild, and second granddaughter, Rachel Diane, was born three years ago on my 52nd birthday.
• This morning a friend in my neighborhood had her baby. At church on Sunday I asked her exactly when this week her baby was due, and she told me Friday. I told her to try for Wednesday and her baby could share my birthday. She complied. Wasn't that thoughtful? That baby has many great birthdays in store.

My birthday wish for today? That everyone has a wonderful day. I know I plan to have one!