Happy Birthday to me. Birthdays?

Lin

Lin

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Today I celebrated becoming 68. Mixed feelings about the whole aging thing. It was a very nice day spent with my best friend who also turned 68 today. My question is how do you all feel about birthdays?
 

Happy Birthday Lin! I don't mind my birthday or getting older, better than the alternative! :)

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I've always liked when my birthday rolls around. I have great birthday party memories that go back sixty years, and I usually have a great time each year when I chalk up another year's going by. I'll take another slice of cake, please!
 
Don't care much for them. When you are born in late December, your birthday is not special as any gifts you received for Christmas is also your birthday gift. That's why I still make sure my kids know that their birthday is special to me each year. Its their day. Crazy to say but I planned their arrivals not to be in December. One was born in November and I was afraid I was cutting it a bit close. Made it though! I wanted them to have birthday parties of their own since I never had a party growing up.
 
Lin said:
My question is how do you all feel about birthdays?
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Birthday? Special?

I s’pose a 70th is sumpm special

Gonna be my 70th next April

Thing is, I consider I’m already 70

I believe life begins once there’s a connection

For me, life began here, nine months before
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Here’s the first photo of me (I was in a hurry....had to win a marathon)
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Happy birthday Lin, I feel the same as Don, not bothered about aging, there’s nothing we can do to change it, I’m just glad to wake up every day !
 
Happy Birthday Lin :happybday:

I like my birthday. It’s in February. I’m an aquarium.
I wouldn't like my birthday in December cause Christmas always takes centre stage.
My father and MIL’s birthdays are in December
 
Hi Lin, belated birthday wishes hope you had a wonderful day
When I turned 50 and 60,I thought to myself'whoa,how did this happen' My siblings sent me funny cards about these 'milestones'. I now feel its no big deal with each passing yr .My birthday is a couple days after thanksgiving Sue
 
Happy Birthday Lin and many more. My birthday is just another day for me. I had wonderful birthdays growing up it makes me sad to think about them now. So many who attended aren't here anymore.

After I was married my Mom still made a special dinner for me with a birthday cake. When the kids were little they did sweet little things to make my day special.

These days the hubby and I go out to dinner. The kids call, and send flowers. One very special gift that keeps on giving is the fact that one of my Grand kids was born on my birthday.
 
Happy birthday dear. I love birthdays and any reason for celebration. Life can be so short and you just never know.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I always tell myself I'm a year older than I am so that when the next birthday rolls around, it's no big deal. :) In my daily life I see only much younger people than I so I don't know how this 82 year old is expected to act. ?? When one of my children mentions my slowing down, or whatever is because of my age I feel offended-- :) BTW, my Essential Tremor head to toe shaking makes doing certain things impossible or more difficult and that just adds to my trying to come across as not an 'old' lady. :chargrined: :) http://tremortales.com
 
I turned 68 in June. Don`t love getting older but hubby and I have a lot of laughs about it. We`ve been together since we were 15 & 17 so we`ve experienced all the aging together. He will turn 70 on Saturday-he is a little shocked by that. Lately our laughs have been about what our kids think of us. We came close to losing our home in the wildfires last month,so they all four,plus spouses,came and cleaned up our house to get it ready for the smoke damage people to come in When I say "cleaned it up",I mean they came in and packed up most of our house,as if we were moving. They then said they think we should move to town,to a duplex. Ummm,no. I know they are concrned about the high fire danger of our area-heck,so are we-but not gonna move to town. Now we joke whenever we can`t find something-scissors,pens,any sharp objects-that the kids must have taken it cuz they don`t think they are safe for us. I even mentioned that to one of our daughters this weekend but she didn`t think it was funny. We do though lol.
 
Oh Mrs. Robinson, :) your adult children remind me so much of my adult children. For one: they've tried for years for me to move from this (junky-?) apartment for which they think I pay to much rent. Rent is fair, and their are more positives for me to stay here than move...to where.

I'm glad you are sticking to your guns on where you two choose to live. Have not been swayed to move elsewhere by your concerned loving children. I am sorry you've been put through the miseries of that wildfire.
 
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