A Joyful Noise: Simply Living
• Feb. 6, 2009 - You're never too old!
| This week we celebrate two birthdays at our house. Our children's special days are four days apart. So I wander to the garage and pull out the birthday box. For some reason, I am usually digging for it in the wee hours of the morning to choose which items would be fun to display again. The ragged twenty-three year old box holds much history. Some things make my kids roll their eyes. Others are acticipated and searched for. Because both the kids are now over 20 years old, I debated whether I should even bother to pull out the relics. Despite my indecision, I began to rummage through the collection. I selected a long "Happy Birthday" banner to put across the kitchen patio door. I couldn't resist a metallic royal blue curtain that hangs from the doorway. Of course, I had to display a large (and somewhat ratty-looking) spray of sliver stars overflowing it's base like a water fountain on our kitchen table. There was a picture drawn by my artistic daughter when she was a youngster (this was the eye roller one). And I couldn't resist the birthday candle that is suppposed to be lit every year and burned down to the current birthday number. It's still level with the number 16, but who's counting. But all was worth it when my daughter came into the kitchen later in the morning to search for the signs from the past that greeted her. She smiled as she turned to me and responded, "I was wondering if I would see this stuff today." I guess I'll put it back in the box for one more year! We're never too old for some things. |
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