Birthday Get Together

We all have our turn at having a B'day and yesterday it was Theresa's. Family and friends gathered to enjoy each others company and share in some home cooked food. Our kids always request wings done special and not messy. I decided to have some cold food so  turkey cooked in the early morning and sliced at noon made for some cool eating. The day was a record in temperature so our festivities were confined to the indoors. humidex reached 50 and the temperature near the barbie was close to 115.

To have a little fun I added a short quiz about the family. Questions which showed the diversity of the family with 13 nationalities represented and birth places many miles apart. My oldest granddaughter won the prize as she had points in seven of the eight questions. It showed our family that we have widened the gene pool and is making our future stronger by inclusion.

Our birthday girl loved the crowd gathered in her honour and beamed with happiness during the whole day. It was difficult to get her out of the kitchen where everything was being taken care of as she had to be busy and attempted to micro-manage but she finally was convinced to sit and enjoy. During the day many of Theresa's friends phoned her and surprised her as she was not expecting to be remembered by co-workers from days long gone and friends from childhood. These are the elements that make for a happy and memorable day.

Having her soon to be 94 year old mother present was also a treat and her mother insisted on purchasing the large ice cream cake which she shared as the final treat of the day. Theresa 's car was not treating her very well so she received a new one for her B'day. She is sentimental about cars and was a little sad as we drove her older car to the dealer to be traded for her new one. As she is very careful of her wheels I am sure this one will last a long time.

Saying bye to the guests is a ceremony in itself and takes a long time as forgotten words are exchanged as people attempt to get to their cars and away. The happy day is not over as we sit for a while and view the pictures we captured and commented on everything so as not to hurry the lingering moments of Theresa's special day.