In all things give thanks.
It is a bit wistful to see the milestones now flying rapidly into the past, and it is somewhat dazing to recall how many of those events that seem so long in the past are in reality just a few years ago. Birthdays are by definition bright milestones that are all the more illuminated in our memories, if not by the open flames we traditionally set upon them, then by convenient marking of another year that belongs to ages. And so it is this summer, with Inga and Grant celebrating birthdays 3 days apart.
We parents peer into the past and remember Inga smearing banana mush into her hair (birthday #1) and another time when Grant waited for his party guests to arrive, only to have just 1 show up, as the others had all gone out of town on the July 4th holiday, birthday #7. With one perspective these events seem to only be conjured up from deep time, while in another perspective, it was really not that long ago. How easily the cosmic fabric is warped by our perspective and memory. Then, there is the fact that birthday visits to that infernal, amped-up, force-fed amphetamine-happy mouse (or is he a rat?) at Chuck e Cheese Pizza are also in the past. In all things give thanks.
INGA waved the teen years good-bye at the end of June. Her birthday requests:
Meal: A thick and rare steak, served with white rice. I added mojitos all around with home grown mint pretending I had lost track of her age and that she was actually turning 21.
Dessert: Angelfood cake - plain, neat and straight up.
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| Baked egg whites and lots of sugar - just like I like it! |
GRANT turned 18 - with all of the rights, privileges and honors thereof. Mostly he can get in to see any movie he wants now, plus he can make his own legal decisions on his medical care. His birthday request:
Meal: Requested Meshack's barbecue (ribs & sliced brisket) - they sold out just before I got there to order, so we went to the Twisted Root burger joint. I accidentally-on-purpose mentioned it was his birthday to the cashier, so he received a razzing over the intercom and a free chocolate shake. [He got some Meshack's barbecue the next day]
Dessert: Chocolate cake with raspberry filling and topping.
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| Ancestral "Clan Grant" mug with Scottish Tartan and Clan Seal |
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| Snarky 18 Year Old does not enjoy a certain comment from his sister |
So when did the cake tops get filled with so many candles?
Blow hard, make a wish and I'll race you to the next milestone kids.
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