Okay, technically, today is not my Birthday. Technically, my birthday was yesterday, the 26th (same birthday as Derek Jeter one year apart… what has he done with his life???) But as I spent yesterday with my wife, I began to ponder about this very thing called a Birthday.

After all, what did I do exactly on my birth-day. Not much of anything. My mother was the one doing all of the work, so why don’t we send presents to her on my birthday? [I know a guy who sends flowers to his mom on his birthday... very sweet gesture.]

As I received facebook wall posts, emails and text messages, I began to actually feel special. “People like me!” I began to believe. Continue reading →