QotD: Happy Birthday To Me

How do you feel about your birthday?  Do you look forward to it and remind all your friends, or do you dread it and try to keep it a secret?

I have always loved birthdays, probably because my mom made a big deal about them when I was a kid. I used to have dreams about my birthday and about opening gifts and all that. When I was a kid, I used to get really excited- especially since I have a summer birthday- and I usually had a pool party because we used to have a pool. I still anticipate my birthday each year but it has lost some of its charm since I've gotten older. This is probably because I'm not going to have any milestone birthdays for a while. I turned 21 last year and that was pretty much just like any other birthday.

I'll never forget how excited I was to turn 10 and 13...16, 18, 20...each of those years seemed to be something special or more grown up. I'm glad I have a future career with children so I can make their birthdays special too.