The Joy of Birthdays
I've always loved birthdays. It’s obvious from the photo of my 1 st birthday. Mom made birthdays special with a small party of family and friends, a cake and candles and a small gift. I always knew I was loved. Through the years the birthdays changed. Sometimes I was near family and sometimes I was far away. No matter – I had a birthday phone call and a package. My husband made sure we went to dinner or were with friends. Yes, I have been and am spoiled and loved! When we moved to Tucson in the mid 1980’s a group of women just clicked and we started a birthday group. I did not have a lot of women friends until then and had no idea how rich my life would be because of them. Our birthday group started out with 4 ladies and the birthday girl could pick a theme (if not, the rest of us did) and she could invite whomever she wanted. The group grew into rather large group. The joy that we gave and recei...