When I think of memorable birthdays I’ve had (just off the top of my head) a few instantly come to mind:

                There was the time, long and ever ago, when we lived in Ontario. I would have been 6 (possibly 7) and Mom & Danny had rented a caboose at McDonalds for my celebration. I was definitely the popular one that day as having a birthday in a McDonalds caboose was the epitome of ‘cool’.

                My 29th birthday was celebrated with a trip to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico with my good friend Joy. We descended into the bowels of the earth to see stalagmite after stalactite, and stuff. The highlight may have been Joy’s rendition of Happy Birthday.

My 30th birthday was celebrated in the south-western Russian town of Armavir. A couple of my newly acquired Russian friends got raspberries and raspberry jam for me, which was a huge treat, seeing as I had spent some months in Mozambique beforehand, and had not the luxuries of such goodies during my stay there. While a Russian version of Happy Birthday may not have been able to compare with Joy’s the year before, it was still a very special event.

Yesterday was another of those birthdays that stands out, as fresh in my mind as it is. A trip to Starbucks starts any day off right, but accompanied with some great theological ramblings with Brian Metzger makes it even better! I then surprised Jenny with tickets to Anne of Green Gables: The Musical. I was going to wait until our upcoming 3rd Anniversary, but the 31st is the last day the musical plays for the summer. I actually really enjoyed it and was surprised at how fun it was. After a bite to eat, we headed out to Brackley Beach for a walk, then headed to the Brackley Beach Community Centre for one of Cynthia MacLeod’s ceilidhs (special guests: Gordon Belsher and Meaghan Blanchard). Good times.
                  So there she be. I’ve had some great birthdays in me life and my 34th joins that list.