I think birthdays are notable anniversaries. We can like or dislike them, but they are our own form of time travel. The first time the earth traveled completely around the sun after you were born, it returned to the place it was when you were born.That's a long journey, and one it makes repeatedly. It amuses me to think of it as the earth returning to acknowledge the importance of everyone born when it was last at any given point on its rounds. We're part of the earth's journey, repeatedly. We're part of its team.
Which is why I like to acknowledge birthdays, even if my acknowledgements come late.
Happy Birthday,
Here's to you,

The stylish, gently sardonic, and witty
And the long-vanished
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