I came home to Daddy and you over at the neighbor's house. Together you were making dinner for all of us: Belgian waffles with whipped cream and strawberries. Yum! It was a bright point of my day :) Did I mention that no one at work wished me a happy birthday? And that another staff member had a birthday today also and she got a bunch of balloons, card and cake. No one even recognized me at all. Sad.
But then I remembered Disneyland. We went not even 2 weeks ago, seems like months. My mom picked me up a FREE button that declared it was my birthday. A Disney "cast member" wrote my name on the button so everywhere I went people exclaimed, "Happy Birthday, Meghan!" I was always taken aback thinking... how do they know my name? And it isn't my birthday yet. But then I remembered the button. I eventually took it off after I got annoyed with people constantly wishing me a happy birthday. Funny. Maybe I could've become annoyed today... we always want what we don't have... only to discover it wasn't really what we wanted in the first place.
Today was awful with a few shining moments. Disneyland was full of shinning moments with a few awful ones. You are my constant shinning moment. Teething and all. You were cranky during my birthday dinner and I had to hold you. As you were burning with fever and I was snuggling you back into slumber... as your chocolate hands and mouth are leaving sticky residue on every limb of my body, I can't help but be extremely humbled and grateful for you and Daddy. Having you as a daughter is worth a lifetime of bad birthdays.
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