Today Is My Birthday...Happy Birthday to ME...(think of that Beatles Song)

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At 2:29 A.M. officiated my 52nd year of life. Yes, it's my birthday! Now I can vividly remember when I was a teenager, my gosh, I thought thirty was old, and someone in their 50s..yikes, near death..LOL. Well, I'm very much well and alive thank you very much. And like most people I may not be entirely thrilled as another year marches on, but nonetheless, I so celebrate my birthday. WHY NOT? Why shouldn't I celebrate ME!! Now, I really do go all out on my birthday. For years, I've celebrated my birthday by cooking up my special Beouf Bourguignon dinner served on a bed of couscous, with a birthday cake (of course) folloed by a glass of wine (I'm not much of a drinker so a treat). I buy a special birthday balloon, get a card for myself and enjoy my special day and night. But for the past five years I've added a new twist. You see, six years ago, I decided to follow the pagan/wiccan path. Not that I've completely abandoned my Christian upbringing but the pagan path made me feel like I came "home" to many of the things I've always believed in. So anyone who decides to follow this new path, must study the wiccan/pagan ways for at least a year and a day to learn the preliminaries, yet it is a lifetime study actually.. After a year and a day, one can then be officially be initiated into this path. So five years ago, after my year and a day studies, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate my birthday than doing my self-initiation into my new life, and did so by having previously written out a very detailed "ceremony" which was 13 pages long..mmm..strange it turned out to be 13 pages, no? It was a most memorable event, for just as I was conducting my ceremony, the full moon came shining down through my window that year. But now, each succeeding year I re-enact my ceremony to re-dedicate myself to my chosen way of spiritual life. And I've already done that as I always conduct my little ceremony near my birth time of 2:29 A.M. Another thing. An old saying I heard my great-grandmother, grandmother and mother tell me. Never do anything on your birthday that you don't want to do for the next twelve months, so I've also have made it a conscious effort to never do on my birthday that I don't want to do exclusively for the next twelve months. So yesterday, I did all my cleaning chores, so I wouldn't have to do any cleaning on my birthday, uh, save the dishes I have to wash..LOL. I DO plan to be in front of my computer working on my photography work, and do a bit of my fictional writing..both my passions and deep loves in my life and hope to be a success at in the near future. These are my dreams, goals, and ambitions I've yearned for, to be a complete success in my creative endeavors. So I may not be here too much today..but will pop in from time to time. So...this is my idea of celebrating my birthday. Hey, not everyone celebrates their birthday by re-dedicating themselves as a pagan/wiccan....LOL So to make this a discussion. How do you celebrate your birthday? Do you have a big whoop-de-do birthday party? Have a special dinner? Celebrate with friends or family? Or would you rather crawl into the ground and forget about the whole ordeal?