When you are from a family as large as the Red Elephant family birthdays are…

eh.

You understand. We have a 6 week span of the year with 5 sibling birthdays.

When you have that many birthdays in a home that is on a strict budget birthdays are better to just ignore a bit. Not to say that our parents didn’t try to give birthday’s some importance…they did. But, there is only so much  you can do when  you are limited in time, energy, or budget. Some birthday cakes…okay, MANY!…were shared with a sibling. Birthday parties were often joint, or non-existent if you were the 5 birthday month.

Unless you are one of the lucky ones to have a birthday in a month on it’s own. Like me. Yes, I realize now that I am older that being the oldest AND being in a month all on my own was a bonus of epic proportions.

Sibling #8 shares a month with Sibling #6. go her.

And now that some of us are married there are anniversaries shared with birthdays shared with holidays shared with birthdays shared with holidays. You get the idea. Having a date to celebrate all your own is rare.

As of yet, I still get my birthday to myself. I’ll count that among st my private blessings.

And it is perhaps why we all do up birthdays will all the gusto we can summon!