Birthdays can be like other emotional holidays, like Valentine's Day and Christmas. Things that might be sad or dark can seem so much sadder on these days...
No one can ever guarantee a truly bright day, on any day of the year, and the significance that we attach to these holidays makes every incident so important - there is no hope of forgetting a tragedy that falls on one of these days. My youngest brother's birthday is September 11. My heart has ached for him since that fateful, awful day, because I know that to him and others his birthday will now always fall second (and that's a BIG second) to the historical, tragic memory of that day. When we talked about it, I asked him to always try to remember that his birthday (and all the others on that day) give people a reason to be HAPPY and celebrate something good on that day. Maybe today's other lesson is to not let the bad eclipse the good. If we do that, then all is lost.
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