My mother has always, always made a huge deal out of my
siblings and my birthdays. She would blow up balloons in the middle of the
night and sneak in to our rooms so we would wake up surrounded by them. Then
she would always make pancakes. She would make the pancakes into the shape of
the number we were turning that day and it is seriously one of my favorite
things about my day! She would make us our favorite meal and our favorite
dessert and the day would just be all about me. Every birthday party I had as a kid was always well thought out and executed to perfection by my incredible
mother and I was never ever disappointed on a birthday, ever. The only day I was disappointed was when I finally figured
out (at an embarrassing age) that the flags that were put out on June 14th were
in honor of Flag Day and not for my birthday. Thanks family. Despite the
obvious deception from them I still always wear red white and blue.
When I went to
school I was worried I would miss out on all of that but then I met Jerica and
our birthdays are a week apart and it was always an extravaganza! So, coming to
Ukraine I knew it would be fun but I thought I would really miss out on that.
Nope. My amazing roommates sensed that I love birthdays and made my day great! So,
yesterday I woke up to the best breakfast, crepes. And there it was. A crepe in
the shape of a 22! I danced to 22 by Taylor Swift an embarrassing number of
times. We ate pizza and they surprised me with a cake. Not to mention all my
friends and family made my day even better with all the love and weird videos
they sent. Great birthday. Great friends. Great life.
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