The Hilarity of Birthdays.....

OK....let me review:

My birthday is May 15...MAY people...

March 15th dawned beautiful and wonderful...so what? My drive to work was uneventful for a change....Lafayette's version of morning traffic is 6 cars at the red light...WOOOO. I love my job, so working is never an issue for me, I love it. My crazy cell phone rings and I hear the voice I love singing Happy Birthday to you.....WHAT???? I wait for an appropriate time to interrupt and say "May 15th" the singing stops and she says "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" to which I repeat "MAY 15th". Cheryl Ann Johnson Rice says "Your birthday ISNT March 15th? But that is what I have on my calendar!!!" Now, I love Cheryl Ann Johnson Rice, but a sillier woman cannot be found on the earth.....so we just giggle and cut up!!! She has a list of things she will NEVER live down and this is one more.

April 15th, similar scenario...only it is one of the Court Reporters that I work with and she calls to say (no singing this time) Happy Birthday...same response " May 15th"...WHAT??? And yet another giggle session and I just smile.....

Really, my birthday IS May 15th. The lead up to the day has been so much fun, I cant wait for the big day. I will proudly be 48, I have accomplished much and yet have still so much more to do. I have my love, my Kevin, who gives me love, joy, laughter & the promise of the rest of our lives together, 5 of my own wonderful children, a daughter in law & 1/2 that I love both so much....a Grand Daughter who I adore. Those are mine. I have scads of "adopted" children who call me Mom, who have stolen parts of my heart that I willingly surrender. They are mine too. I have a huge family that keeps on growing that I love love love. They are all mine too. So on my day, whether they all call singing or not, whether we are all together or not, I look at all the Lord has given to me and I am thankful.

But singing Happy Birthday on NOT my birthday is still pretty funny.....