Someone asked me this past weekend if I was going to celebrate Claire\u2019s birthday in a couple of weeks. My initial reaction was, of course \u2014 why wouldn\u2019t I? But then I got o thinking, that It was a legitimate question. As I thought about it, I guess many people\u2019s thoughts about birthdays are that they are a mark that someone\u2019s grown a year older. When someone has a birthday, most people, besides offering congratulations or something like that, often ask how old the person celebrating their birthday is. It\u2019s like birthdays are celebrated because on that exact day that a person was born, they\u2019ve made it another year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So \u2014 if birthdays are about years lived, does that mean they should end after a person dies? My answer is no \u2014 their birthday is always their birthday. In part to keep my extensive research skills up, I looked up the definition of birthday. It\u2019s interesting that none of the dictionaries I checked, made much mention of the passage of time or the accumulation of years. Most just defined a birthday as the day of a person\u2019s birth, or the anniversary of their birth. Those continue to exist after a person dies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to the original question \u2014 although she\u2019s not here physically, she\u2019s still a big part of me and it\u2019s still her birthday. So when June 13th rolls around, I\u2019m going to celebrate!
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Someone asked me this past weekend if I was going to celebrate Claire\u2019s birthday in a couple of weeks. My initial reaction was, of course \u2014 why wouldn\u2019t I? But then I got o thinking, that It was a legitimate … Continue reading