Reflections on a Family Story

[coquillagement]

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[nundu_art]

I'll play one-up-manship! July is our birthday month. I have a 1st cousin whose birthday is the 27th, my youngest brother, the 28th, my next to oldest sister, the 30th, my father, the 31st. August 1 was my grandmother's birthday, the second was my parent's anniversary. Then I married Hubby, with a July 25th birthday. When I was little we used to alternate between one year of having a cake and ice cream every day and the next year having one giant party!

My older sister's favorite story was that they and one set of our cousins were all staying at another aunt's house, awaiting news of my and my cousin's birth. We were born 3 hours apart, but on different days (me late at night the 24th, her in the wee hours of the 25th of August). The morning of the 25th, just as Aunt Esther was pulling her own birthday cake out of the oven (it was her birthday), our fathers called to announce our births. The squealing and jumping caused Aunt Esther's cake to fall!

[coquillagement]

Ha, I like the cake story! Our killer month is October. I'm the 4th, my sisters are the 25th, 30th, and Nov. 7th. Then the next generation came along and populated the 18th, 23rd, and the 28th, before an act of Congress prohibited any more October births.

[jpgr]

It's the 19th, not 18th :P

[coquillagement]

Dude, don't ruin the moment to point out a typo. Or I'll drop the tomatoes in your room this time.

[jpgr]

Fine, I'll just tell Tobinski you don't remember his birthday

[nundu_art]

We have 3 other July birthdays, all on my husband's side of the family, but their at the beginning of the month, so they hardly count! Needless to say, Hallmark loves me in July!

I love the number situation of my family's birthdays. My girls were born on July 8th and September 10th, so their birthdays are 7/8 & 9/10. Hubby's birthday is July 25th and mine is August 24th, so we're 7/25 and 8/24. There is such a nice neatness about that!