I'll Drink Half a Glass in Your Honor Today!

This is the cake I'd make for you if it was your half-birthday

When it's your birthday you pretty much know when you wake up that people are going to pay attention to you that day. You'll probably get more phone calls than normal. More text messages. Your Facebook wall be a full of one line messages wishing you a great day. Maybe someone will write a blog entry about your birthday. (Hint hint! Show me the cash and I'll show you a post!) Maybe there will be a little celebration for you at work. At the very least, you know you're going to talk to your mom and/or dad and/or sibling.

But what about the other days of the year? What about those days, 180 or so after your birthday, when you're feeling kind of blue or lonely and everyone is going about their own business because Facebook hasn't reminded them that it's your half birthday? Those days when you wonder why you bothered to get up...those days when you're not sure where you stand...when you fear that people think you're a fool...when you just need a hug...when you realize you haven't heard from a friend in weeks. Months maybe. Maybe those are the days that we should be reminding our loved ones that they're special and we hope they have a great day. Those are the days to call your friends and sing to their voicemail.

It's not even my half birthday today, just thinking how great it is on my birthday to hear from people I care about and wondering today how some of those people are.