Bobbie's Takes: Happy Birthday

Bobbie's Takes: Happy Birthday: Yesterday was my 56th birthday. No fireworks nor party, just a quiet Sunday. My husband gets up and says Happy Birthday and asked how do I...

Happy Birthday

Yesterday was my 56th birthday. No fireworks nor party, just a quiet Sunday. My husband gets up and says Happy Birthday and asked how do I feel and I replied that I woke up to a whole new number and it feels good. 

There was a time when I felt guilty about turning older. Why? My mother passed away when I was 35 and she died at the age of 54. I felt guilty of celebrating when my poor mother didn't have the chance to have another birthday. It was awful for me and I just wanted to hide from the world. 

One day, not soo long ago, right before my big day, it hit me that I should not hide but celebrate being born and that each day I a here on this earth is a testament of my life and my mother's. She is the reason I am here. I am half of her and as long as I am here, I should celebrate not so much of my birth but living. As long as I and my siblings are here, she lives on in each of us. 

Life is getting too short and for a majority, it is getting shorter by the minute and instead of, as I did, put my head down and try and muster through the day, enjoy being alive and that each day is a celebration of life and all it has to offer. Life is just what it is, life. We are the ones that choose how to get through life. It's a choice that I now do not take for granted. 

In closing, a shout out to me and others born on this day in the same year or any different year. Happy Birthday and I hope you are celebrating your day in your life.