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LeeAnna asks
in honor of my birthday coming up:
How do you celebrate your birthday? Did you grow up with parties? Home made cake or store bought? Theme parties? Did you share a birthday with someone special to you? Do you give yourself a gift each year? Do you reevaluate the year somehow?
Fun questions! I had a few parties while growing up. Certainly, not every birthday was a big celebration. The year Mom made her disgusting stew for my birthday is memorable! Ugh!!! Mostly Mom baked our cakes. Her spice cake was my favourite. Now we have store-bought cakes as I am not a baker. For a while, I would get cupcakes so everyone could have their favourite flavour. There were no theme parties for me. I don't think that was a thing when I was growing up. I did theme parties for my sons though. I wonder if they remember them. I do have photos though.
I usually treat myself to some sort of art supply for my birthday. Not that I need more art supplies but I enjoy them and use them. I might add I don't need to have a birthday to treat myself to some art supplies either!
We don't make a big fuss about birthdays around here. If I want a big fuss then I have to do it myself and even then... It is a bit hard when one of my love languages is gifts. I just try to be grateful for the small things.
I am grateful for crabapple trees right now. There is a street lined with them in my neighbourhood. Oh so pretty! Even the petals on the road look beautiful to me. I try to find beauty in unlikely places.
I like the NY Times Spelling Bee game right now. I find it more challenging and interesting than Wordle. It is a bit more time-consuming but good for the brain.
I love the poet David Whyte. I recently heard him on a podcast and oh my! I want to get one of his books. I can picture myself reading it while soaking up some sun on my deck.
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I LOVE gifts but seldom get one... I know daily giving is better... but... no ribbons and surprises! Glad to hear another person loves getting gifts too.
Crabapple trees are so pretty, messy and pretty
LeeAnna
As I do like baking cakes, and eating them, I might make myself a cake and share it with the family.