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16 Candles . . . And Then 30 More

September 21, 2011 By Carole

Hey Everybody,
Today’s post is written by my darling husband, Dale. Enjoy!
Carole

What is it with all those songs about turning sixteen? 16 Candles, You’re 16, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, Sweet Little 16. What about the rest of your years?

Sure, 16 is a big year to celebrate your transition between childhood and adulthood but I don’t think the year 16 should have a lock on songs about age. I just don’t think that any one birthday, even the 16th one, should take precedence over the rest. Every birthday should be monumental. Every birthday is important. Every birthday is the end of another year with family and friends, another year of living and loving, another year of making a difference, of dreaming and hoping and just being alive.

This is why I look forward to birthday celebrations with Carole. She gets it. She gets that birthdays are important. She gets that they are a time to reflect and a time to look forward and (probably the part she likes best of all) a time to celebrate. You probably know, if you read this blog regularly, that I celebrated a “monumental” birthday earlier this summer. Believe me when I tell you that Carole went above and beyond by throwing me a monstrous birthday bash. Why? Because she gets it.

Birthdays aren’t just about the ones that have special status like “sweet sixteen” or “21 and legal” or “over the hill.” Every birthday is important because each one celebrates the end of a special year and the start of a new one. Carole celebrates everyone’s birthday within her circle of friends and family so on this day I am asking all of her friends to make her birthday today a special one by simply sending her a birthday wish.

For my part, I’ve decided to steal one of those sixteen songs and rewrite the lyrics, with apologies to Johnny Burnette, just to show that every birthday really should have it’s own song.

You come on like a dream
Peaches and cream
Lips like strawberry wine
You’re not sixteen
But you’re still beautiful
And you’re mine!

I definitely like that last line the best! So Happy Birthday darling, let’s make it a good one because remember, (don’t look now but I’m about to quote another song) you still rock me like a hurricane!

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  1. Kim says

    September 21, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Awww…Dale, very well said! I come from the same kind of family and it’s something to cherish.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRRLFRIEND!! xoxoxoxo

  2. Cookie says

    September 21, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwww…

    Such a lovely husband.

    Happy Birthday, Carole!

    xoxox

  3. Judi says

    September 21, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    I hope you have a very special birthday and that you have many many more.

  4. Catie says

    September 21, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    Happy, happy birthday! (And Dale, your post is fabulous!) Hope your year is full of wonderful things, and grand adventure.

  5. Suzanne says

    September 21, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    Happy Birthday Carole!

  6. Beverly (db81971) says

    September 21, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    Happy B-day!!!!

    (very touching post today; what a keeper!)

  7. Lesley says

    September 21, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    Hope you’ve had a wonderful birthday – Dale is a treasure!!

  8. Patty says

    September 21, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    Happy Birthday Carole! Hope it was wonderful – but how could you miss with a guy like that!

  9. Julia says

    September 22, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Oh! Happy belated Birthday Carole!

  10. Andi says

    September 22, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Happy belated birthday!

  11. Beverly says

    September 22, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Aw, Dale, what a great post! Carole, hope you had a perfect day!!

  12. maryse says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:52 am

    that’s a lovely post. also, i had your birthday in my phone for september 25. I KNOW! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?!

    happy birthday!

  13. jill says

    September 26, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    What a loving post, Carole! You’ve got quite a guy, though you already know this. I’m sorry I missed your blog on your birthday, but I did get you via FB, yes?! I know you celebrated it with panache!

  14. DebbieB says

    October 1, 2011 at 7:58 am

    I’m so far behind in my blog reading! I missed your birthday, but I still wish you a very happy one, albeit belated, and many many more! xoxo!

  15. Leslie says

    October 1, 2011 at 9:07 am

    Aw, I’m late to the party…but happy birthday anyway! What a sweet post…

  16. Laurie says

    October 10, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Yegads, I am more than behind! Happy birthday!

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