Birthday Crazy

Birthdays, ah! Everyone has them, even though I know there are some people in this world that have decided not to celebrate them. Fact of the matter, everyone has a day where they can go crazy and celebrate their own existence!

Well I've been asked in the past, how many birthdays does the average person have? Well there's a good answer, and I like it. The answer is one! Yep, just one! You are only born once and therefore you only have one day of birth, or birthday as we like to call them. The rest of the time, as you approach that annual date, you celebrate the day and therefore all other date are celebrations and not, in fact, a day of birth. There!

Now birth of persons are not the only thing people celebrate. Some people celebrate the birth of their animals. You know, cats, dogs, birds etc. (I can't think of anyone I know who has celebrated the day of an ant's birthday, and I know people who have ant farms!) People also celebrate the birth of nations. Like the good old US of A celebrated on July 4th! And as a matter of fact, Argentina celebrates their independence, or birth, today, July 9!

You never see anyone, or at least I have not, celebrating the date of the birth of a pimple or wart. Nor have I seen people celebrating the birth of foot fungi or an itchy rash. But I have see people celebrate the birth of shaving! Or the lack of! You know, "I've had this mustache for 15 years now! And there ain't nobody going to tell me I have to shave!"

One last thing, birthday celebrations are really just another way to celebrate Mother's Day. I mean when it comes down to it, you are born because she carried you around for months on end (around nine if you are unaware of that process) and then, unless your mother was as lucky as mine was with me, your mother spent hours in labor (which makes me wonder if that is another day to celebrate mothers, Labor Day) hopefully your mom didn't suffer too long. Because once you came out, you were a handful, but that's a different blog.

So if your birthday is today, and you are reading this, someone call the Guinness Book of World Records because someone just born and able to read has to be some kind of miracle. (Side note: If this statement surprised you, then you need to be more attentive when reading the earlier material.) But, if your birthday celebration is today, 364 days from today, or any day in between, please, go crazy and celebrate! I mean, come on! It's you we're celebrating!