A Birthday Celebration

Long ago, I remembered a family celebration. It was my mother's birthday. We held a mini celebration, a simple dinner, a little cake, a few candles. It wasn't a crazily joyous occasion, nor is it a sad depressing one. And she told us of a story.

It is a story of another birthday. A story that can be heard anywhere, it isn't a very uncommon one. A story that led me to think, "Ah. So this is the true meaning of a birthday."

We think it joyous, because 2 lives survived that fateful day.

The True Meaning of Birthdays. Ink on Paper.