Misplaced Milestone Meanings
They laughed when I said they could sing “Happy Birthday” to me. They must have thought I was joking. Maybe a mature milestone meant I should be over such childish wishes. I wasn’t. I attach meaning to the ritual of a verse sung by voices of those I love, and it made my heart glad as I prepared to blow out the dozens of candles on the cake on which was written one word in big red letters: Happy. I’ve attached meaning to much over this lifetime. Sometimes it served me and sometimes not. I attached meaning to the opinions
