84-Birthday Celebration Episode And My Favorite All Time Gift

It’s my birthday and I’m dishing presents.

 

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I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and I’m curious, how do you feel about birthdays?

 

Today is my birthday, it’s not a big one.  It’s just a day.  My husband and I through the years stopped giving gifts.  We realized we bought what we needed and if we wanted something, we’d get it.  Now, I’m not saying that to sound like a pretentious jerk.  I’m just trying to say that we don’t feel the same way about stuff as we do about experiences.  We save a lot for travel and entertainment.  

 

So when a birthday, anniversary, or Christmas rolls around, we don’t exchange gifts.  Instead we are reminded that each day should be celebrated.  I honestly would be more excited to get flowers on a random Tuesday than on my birthday, but that’s just me.  

 

Side note, the kids get gifts, we exchange gifts with the kids, I get presents from the kids.  We’re not scrooge over here.   

 

My favorite gift was given to me by my husband 13 years ago.  It was a leather bound book with blank white pages with the gold foil embossed words “Mom’s Memory Book”.  And for Mother’s Day, my birthday and Christmas, the children draw me a picture or write me a letter in that book.  It is by far my favorite thing about a holiday, opening that book.   

 

So I have this thing, “it’s not about the day” it’s about the life we’re building.  And I’m so curious, what does celebration mean to you?  

 

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